Hervé Niquet
Conductor and founder of Le Concert Spirituel
At the same time harpsichordist, organist, pianist, singer, singer, singer, composer, composer, choirmaster and conductor, Hervé Niquet is one of the most inventive musical personalities of recent years, recognized in particular as an eminent specialist in the French repertoire from the Baroque era to Claude Debussy.

1987 creation of the Spiritual Concert
Hervé Niquet created Le Concert Spirituel in 1987, with the ambition of reviving the French grand motet. In more than thirty-five years, the group has established itself as an essential reference in the interpretation of the Baroque repertoire, rediscovering the known and unknown works of French, English or Italian composers of that time. He has performed in the biggest international theaters.
In the same spirit and postulating that there is only one French music without any break throughout the centuries, Hervé Niquet directs the major international orchestras with which he explores the repertoires of the 19th century.E century and the beginning of the 20th centuryE century, such as the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Kanazawa Orchestra (Japan), the Kanazawa Orchestra (Japan), the Sinfonia Varsovia, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, the Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lisbon Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Lisbon Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lisbonne, the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lisboa, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Paris Chamber Orchestra, the Paris Chamber Orchestra, the Paris Chamber Orchestra, the Paris Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen, etc. His pioneering spirit in rediscovering the works of this period led him to participate to the creation of the Palazzetto Bru Zane — Center for French Romantic Music in Venice in 2009 with which he carried out numerous projects.
The numerous collaborations
At the opera, he collaborates with directors with such diverse aesthetics as Mariame Clément, Georges Lavaudant, Gilles and Corinne Benizio (alias Shirley and Dino), Vincent Tavernier, Christoph Marthaler, Christoph Marthaler, Julien Luthaler, Julien Lubek and Cécile Roussat, Romeo Castellucci or Christian Schiaretti.
As musical director of the Flemish Radio Choir and first guest conductor of the Brussels Philharmonic, Hervé Niquet was very involved in the discographic collection of the cantatas of the Prix de Rome under the aegis of the Palazzetto Bru Zane, as well as new operas. In 2016, the recording ofHerculaneum by Félicien David (Bru Zane 2015) won an Echo Klassik Award. With the disk Visions (at Alpha Classics), Hervé Niquet and Véronique Gens have received numerous awards in France and abroad (elected Recording of the Year 2018 by ICMA and Best Recording — solo recital 2018 by the International Opera Awards). In 2019, Hervé Niquet received the Honorary Prize “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” for the quality and diversity of his recordings, as well as a 2019 Gramophone Music Award in the Opera category for his recording of The Queen of Cyprus by Halévy (Bru Zane 2018).
A desire to transmit
In September 2022, Hervé Niquet was appointed artistic director of the Saintes Festival.
His approach also includes a great personal involvement in educational actions with young musicians (Académie d'Ambronay, Jeune Orchestre de l'Abbaye aux Dames, Schola Cantorum, CNSMD de Lyon, McGill University in Montreal, and soon with the early music department of the CNSMD in Paris) or multiple master classes and conferences. For him, it is essential for him to transmit the fruits of his work on interpretation, the conventions of the time and the latest musical discoveries, but also on the realities and requirements of the profession of musician.
True to his desire to put on new and varied programs, Hervé Niquet is already considering, with the energy he is familiar with, the 40E Anniversary of the ensemble in 2027!
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