SOPHIE DE BARDONNÈCHE

Sophie de Bardonnèche is a passionate baroque violinist. After a Master’s degree at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Amandine Beyer’s class, Sophie collaborated with the greatest baroque musicians on solo, chamber and orchestral projects. Her first solo album, “Destinées”, was released in October 2024 on the Alpha label, with a release concert at the Philharmonie de Paris. A pioneer of new repertoires, Sophie breathes new life into 10 French Baroque female composers, with her accomplices Lucile Boulanger on viola da gamba and Justin Taylor on harpsichord. The release was unanimously acclaimed by the press (Diapason d’Or, Le Monde, Top 2024 du Figaro Mazazine, Qobuzissime, Scherzo…). In 2015, Sophie created the ensemble Le Consort with Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Justin Taylor, Louise Pierrard and Hanna Salzenstein, which explores the sonata repertoire in baroque trio (2 violins, harpsichord and bowed bass). It quickly became recognized as one of the leading ensembles on historical instruments of its generation. Their recordings have been unanimously acclaimed by the French and international press, and Le Consort has been invited to the greatest halls and festivals such as the Auditorium de Radio France, La Roque d’Anthéron, the ElbPhilharmonie, La Grange au Lac… Since 2016, Sophie has been a member of the ensemble Les Arts Florissants. Alongside William Christie, she takes part in a great many productions as a chamber musician or within the orchestra. She is also invited to give concerts with Le Poème Harmonique (Vincent Dumestre), Jupiter (Thomas Dunford, Lea Desandre), Le Concert de la Loge (Julien Chauvin) or Le Concert Spirituel (Hervé Niquet)…

JUSTIN TAYLOR

In 2015, Justin Taylor won the First Prize at the Musica Antiqua International Competition in Bruges, as well as the Audience Prize and two Special Prizes. Since then, the young Franco-American harpsichordist has pursued a multi-faceted career as harpsichordist and pianofortist, as soloist and chamber musician. After several recordings to public and critical acclaim, Justin Taylor’s latest album, Bach et l’Italie (Alpha Classics, October 2023), has won all the most prestigious awards :‬‭ Diapason d’or de l’année, CHOC Classica de l’année, nomination for Victoires de la musique 2024 in the “Recording of the Year” category, BBC Instrumental Choice, selection 2023 du journal Le Monde… Justin loves creating original and innovative recording programs. His first recording, La Famille Forqueray : Portrait(s), was awarded a Gramophone Editor’s Choice and a “Choc de l’année” by Classica magazine. Justin has also recorded Mozart’s piano concerto no. 17 (K 453) with Le Concert de la Loge for the Aparté label, as well as works by Bach for Deutsche Gramophone’s BACH 333 compilation. With his ensemble Le Consort, which has enjoyed critical and public success both in concert and on disc, Justin has made numerous recordings, including three instrumental ones: Opus 1 (Dandrieu, Corelli), Specchio Veneziano (Vivaldi, Reali) and Philarmonica (Purcell, Matteis, Mrs Philarmonica), as well as vocal discs with Eva Zaïcik and Adèle Charvet, and gives some forty concerts a year.