NIQUET, HERVE

Hervé Niquet follows the example of Baroque musicians in his versatility. In addition to his ability as a keyboard-player, conductor and composer, he also studied singing and from the age of seventeen turned his attention to the establishment and direction of choirs. In 1980 he was appointed chef de chant at the Paris Opéra National. In 1985 he was commissioned by Princess Caroline of Monaco to write an orchestral work and ballet inspired by a novel of Stefan Zweig for the re-opening of the Monte Carlo Ballet.

Shaped by participation in the principal Baroque ensembles, Hervé Niquet has developed an affinity with the French grand motet of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and to revive this still relatively little known repertoire he established in 1988 Le Concert Spirituel, thus bringing to life again one of the most famous musical institutions of the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI.

Increasingly in demand as a conductor, Hervé Niquet has appeared at the Baroque Music Festival of Lamèque in Canada, in addition to other engagements as a conductor in France.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
Art & Music: Degas - Music of His Time	8.558144
Art & Music: Van Gogh - Music of His Time	8.558068
Art & Music: Vermeer - Music of His Time	8.558159
AVE MARIA - Les plus beaux Ave Maria et chants a la Vierge (The Most Beautiful Ave Marias and Songs to the Virgin)	8.570886-87
AVE MARIA: Madonna Mystica - BACH, J.S. / HANDEL, G.F. / SCHUBERT, F. / BRUCKNER, A. / BRAHMS, J. / LISZT, F.	8.551267
BAROQUE OPERAS (4 DVD Box set) (NTSC)	2057938
BENEDICTUS - CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR REFLECTION AND MEDITATION	8.556705
BENEVOLO: Missa Azzolina / Magnificat / Dixit Dominus	8.553636
BOISMORTIER: Ballets de Village	8.554295
BOISMORTIER: Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse (Don Quixote at the Duchess')	8.553647
BOISMORTIER: Serenades Francaises / Fragments Melodiques	8.554456
CHABRIER: Espana / Joyeuse marche / Suite pastorale	8.554248
CHARPENTIER: Messe des Morts / Litanies a la Vierge	8.553173
CHARPENTIER: Motets / Litanies a la Vierge	8.554453
CHARPENTIER: Te Deum / Mass / Canticum Zachariae	8.553175
CHARPENTIER: Vespres a La Vierge	8.553174
CLERAMBAULT: Triomphe d'Iris	8.554455
DISCOVER CHORAL MUSIC	8.558198-99
Discover Music of the Baroque Era	8.558160-61
ENKELIN AANIN (Angel's Voices)	8.503147
GEOFFROY: Music for Choir and Organ	8.553637
Kyrie: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556707
LORENZANI: Motets	8.553648
LULLY, J.B.: Persee (Opera Atelier, 2004) (NTSC)	2054178
LULLY: Grand Motets, Vol. 1	8.554397
LULLY: Grand Motets, Vol. 2	8.554398
LULLY: Grand Motets, Vol. 3	8.554399
Magnificat: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556710
MICHEL: Lecons de Tenebres	8.553295
Miserere: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556712
REJOICE - A Vision of Christ Through Music	8.570980
Salve Regina	8.556709
Sanctus: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556704
SVEN GORAN ERIKSSONS - Klassiska Favoriter	8.503135
UNGER-HAMILTON, C.: Discover Music of the Baroque Era (Unabridged)	NA495912
VOICE (Eternal)	8.572183