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Founded in 2010 by Juliette Guignard and Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, the ensemble Les Surprises seeks to convey its passion for the music of the 17th and 18th centuries through varied and original programmes.
In borrowing its name from the opéra-ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau's Les Surprises de l’Amour, the group has placed its destiny under the lucky star of this composer, with the aim of exploring operatic music in all its shapes and forms !
The work of the ensemble is anchored in a process of musicological and historical research, indeed Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas wishes to highlight scores that have never been released since the 18th century, thanks to music libraries such as Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) or Bibliothèque de l’Opéra de Paris.
Les Surprises is an ensemble of varying size, which can metamorphose from a chamber group to one of orchestral dimensions. Its members were all trained at leading European conservatories.
In 2014 Les Surprises received the "Révélation musicale" (new discovery) prize awarded by the French critics’ circle for the performing arts ("Syndicat professionnel de la critique de théâtre") musique et danse.
The ensemble Les Surprises released three recordings in the label Ambronay Éditions, in 2013 "Rebel de père en fils", and in 2015 "Les Éléments", both has received warm praise in the national and international press (Diamant d’Opéra-Magazine, 5 de Diapason…). The last one, "The Legacy of Rameau", was released in November 2017.
Since its foundation, it has appeared in numerous concert halls and festivals through Europe, including the Versailles Chapelle Royale, the Opéra de Massy, the Radio France and Ambronay festivals, the Sanssouci Festival (Potsdam, Germany), the Bozar season (Brussels), also in Festival Monteverdi (Cremona, Italy), Pavie (Italy) |
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Artistic Director, Organ & Harpsichord: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Administrative Direction & Viola da gamba: Juliette Guignard
Sopranos: Eugénie Lefebvre, Hasnaa Bennani, Maïlys de Villoutreys, Cécile Achille
Counter-tenor: Stéphen Collardelle
Tenor: Matthieu Chapuis
Baritone: Etienne Bazola
Violins: Alice Julien-Laferrière, Gabriel Ferry, Marie Rouquié, Yoko Kawakubo
Violins & Violas: Sophie Iwamura, Kate Goodbehere
Flutes: Matthieu Bertaud, Sandra Latour
Flutes & Bassoon: Anaïs Ramage
Oboe: Xavier Miquel
Cellos: Julien Hainsworth, Olivia Gutherz
Double-bass: Marie-Amélie Clément
Theorbo: Étienne Galletier
Percussions: Sylvain Fabre |
