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Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Background information
Born	2 September 1964 (age 60); Corsica, France
Origin	Brest, France
Occupations	Conductor; violinist;
Years active	1991–present

Jean-Christophe Spinosi (born 2 September, 1964) is a French conductor, violinist, and the founder of French orchestra Ensemble Matheus.^[1]

Life and career

In 1991, Spinosi created the Ensemble Matheus in Brest, an orchestra that accompanies him throughout the world. ^[2]

In 2005, the Ensemble Matheus made a series of recordings devoted to Vivaldi: ^[2] They produced several albums and four operas. Meanwhile, he has continued to perform the classical and romantic repertoire, as well as many pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries.^[3]

Different productions have since enabled Spinosi to enjoy musical friendships with artists such as Cecilia Bartoli, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, and Philippe Jaroussky, with whom he recorded the album Heroes for EMI-Virgin Classics, a disc whose sales achieved triple-gold status.

From 2007, Spinosi conducted new opera productions every season with the Ensemble Matheus at the Théâtre du Châtelet. He still regularly performs at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and the Theater an der Wien, or the Wiener Staatsoper.

For several years, he has worked with stage directors, including Pierrick Sorin (for Rossini's La Pietra del Paragone in 2007 and 2014),^[4] Oleg Kulik (for Monteverdi's Vespers for the Blessed Virgin in 2009), Claus Guth (for Handel's Messiah at the Theater an der Wien, 2009), Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier (for Rossini’s Otello at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Salzburg Festival in 2014).

Spinosi has worked regularly with numerous orchestras, including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Orchestre de Paris, the Vienna State Opera, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Wiener Symphoniker, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta de Castilla y Leon, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Orchestre du Festival de Verbier, the Handel and Haydn Society from Boston, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Hamburg State Opera. Spinosi appeared to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 2021.

Spinosi and Cecilia Bartoli continued their collaboration with two more Rossini operas: Otello at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and at the Salzburg Festival and La Cenerentola at the Salzburg Festival.

His most recent albums for Deutsche Grammophon, Lucifer with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra and Miroirs with the Ensemble Matheus, both won the "Choc" award from Classica magazine.

In 2017 and 2018, he did a reunion with the Quebec ensemble Les Violons du Roy and the contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux for the opera Carmen bringing together the forces of the Ensemble Matheus and the Castile and León Symphony Orchestra, Rossini's La Cenerentola at the Royal Swedish Opera, three successive productions at the Vienna State Opera (Carmen, The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola) as well as a concert at the Prince's Palace of Monaco, leading the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Discography

Antonio Vivaldi (recital of arias from operas by Antonio Vivaldi), 2018 with Cecilia Bartoli and the Ensemble Matheus. Decca Classic.
Lucifer, Connesson, 2013, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon Universal
Mirrors, Shostakovich, Bacri, Bach, 2013; Ensemble Matheus, Malena Ernman, Deutsche Grammphone Universal
La fida ninfa, Vivaldi, 2008
with Veronica Cangemi, Sandrine Piau, Marie Nicole Lemieux, Lorenzo Regazzo, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu, Sara Mingardo, Christian Senn; Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve
Nisi Dominus, Stabat Mater, Vivaldi, 2008
with Marie Nicole Lemieux, Philippe Jaroussky; Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve
La pietra del paragone, Rossini, DVD, 2007
with François Lis, Christian Senn, José Manuel Zapata, Sonia Prina, Jennifer Holloway, Laura Giordano, Joan Martín-Royo, Filippo Polinelli; Chorus of Teatro Regio di Parma; Ensemble Matheus. Recorded live at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, Opus111/Naïve
Vivaldi, Heroes, 2006
with Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve
Griselda, Vivaldi, 2006
with Simone Kermes, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Veronica Cangemi, Philippe Jaroussky, Stefano Ferrari, Iestyn Davies; Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve
Orlando furioso, Vivaldi, 2004
with Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Larmore, Veronica Cangemi, Ann Hallenberg, Philippe Jaroussky, Lorenzo Regazzo; Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve
De Lhoyer: Duos et Concerto Pour Guitare, 2004
with Philippe Spinosi (guitar), Duo Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve
La verità in cimento, Vivaldi, 2003
with Gemma Bertagnolli, Philippe Jaroussky, Sara Mingardo, Guillemette Laurens, Nathalie Stutzmann; Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naïve
La notte, La tempesta di mare, Il gardellino, Vivaldi, 2003
with Ensemble Matheus. Opus111/Naive
Vivaldi: Concerti Con Molti Strumenti, Vol. II, 1997
with Ensemble Matheus. Pierre Verany
Vivaldi: Concerti Con Molti Strumenti, 1996
with Ensemble Matheus. Pierre Verany