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Pascal Bertin (Counter-tenor)

Born: September 22, 1965 - Paris, France

The French counter-tenor, Pascal Bertin, began his singing carrier at the age of 11 years old with the Choeur d' Enfants de Paris, conducted by Roger de Magnee, with whom he performed as a soloist around the world conducted among others by Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, and Sir Georg Solti. In 1988 he received, as a student of William Christie, the first prize for interpretation of Baroque music from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.

As an opera and oratorio interpreter, Pascal Bertin has performed with conductors such as Jordi Savall, Christophe Rousset, Philippe Herreweghe, Marc Minkowski, John Eliot Gardiner, Sigiswald Kuijken, Konrad Junghänel and Thomas Hengelbrock. He also enjoys an extensive carrier singing with various leading ensembles performing music of the middle-ages and the renaissance. Among these ensembles were the Huelgas Ensemble, Mala Punica, Clément Janequin, Daedalus and Gilles Binchois.

Engagements for 2004-2006 include among others: Cantatas of J.S. Bach in concerts with the Academy of Ancient Music, the role of the Monk in Rob Zuidam’s Rage d’amour at the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam, the title role in Alessandro Scarlatti’s Cambise at the Opera of Nice, Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Gesu al Calvario with Il Fondamento Belgium, the alto arias in St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) with the Nederlandse Bachvereniging as well as concerts and CD recordings with Bach Collegium Japan.

Opera roles performed by Pascal Bertin include, among others, Clovis in Antonio Caldara’s La Conversion de Clovis, Mercure in Le Ballet Comique de la Royne by Beaujoyeulx conducted by G. Garrido, numerous roles from opera’s by George Frideric Handel such as Orente (Riccardo), Eustazio (Rinaldo) , Trasimede (Admeto) conducted by Christophe Rousset, Amore in Monteverdi’s Il Ballo Delle Ingrate conducted by V. Carrot, Amore in Giacobbi’s L’aurora Ingannata conducted by R. Festa and Tolomeo in G.F. Handel’s Giulio Cesare at De Nederlandse Opera conducted by M. Minkowski and Ottone (Agrippina) at the Chicago Opera Theater as well as Pastore in Monteverdi’s Orfeo at the Barbican Centre in London, both conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm.

Pascal Bertin jointly founded with Monique Zanetti, Yasunori Imamura and Guido Ballestracci the ensemble Fons Musicae, whom first recordings (airs de cour by Lambert and cantatas by Bononcini) were enthusiastically accepted by the international critics. Recent CD releases include cantatas by Steffani (2001) and cantatas by A. Caldara (2002).

Pascal Bertin has recorded over 50 CD’s from different periods and styles. He was also invited by Harmonia Mundi to take part in the recording project Les Trois Contre-ténors, together with Andreas Scholl and Dominique Visse.

In 1987 Pascal Bertin Founded the vocal jazz-ensemble Indigo, whom with he recorded 3 CD’s by now. The ensemble was chosen in France as the discovery of the year by Victoires de la Musique. Among his pupils: Marcel Jorquera Vinyals (Counter-tenor).

Sources:
Sorek Artists Website
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (April 2005)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Works

John Eliot Gardiner

Alto

Member of Monteverdi Choir:
C-3 (1992):
BWV 36, BWV 61, BWV 62

Benoît Haller

Alto

BWV 245

Stephan MacLeod

Alto

BWV 81, BWV 180, BWV 227

Eric J. Milnes

Alto

BWV 68, BWV 173, BWV 174, BWV 184

Jordi Savall

Alto

[V-1] [CD+DVD, 2011]: BWV 232
[V-4] (Audio, 2018): BWV 247

Olivier Spilmont

Alto

[C-3] (2016): BWV 12 [1st recording], BWV 18, BWV 161
[CV-3] (2017, Video): BWV 12 [2nd recording]

Masaaki Suzuki

Alto

BWV 2, BWV 3, BWV 5, BWV 38, BWV 80, BWV 115, BWV 135

Masaaki Suzuki

Alto

Member of Bach Collegium Japan:
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 27:
BWV 5, BWV 80, BWV 115
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 29:
BWV 2, BWV 3, BWV 38, BWV 135

Jos van Veldhoven

Alto

BWV 232 [1st]

Links to other Sites

Pascal Bertin, Countertenor (Sorek Arists)
Pascal Bertin - Countertenor (AAM)
Profile: Pascal Bertin (Salzburg Festival)
Pascal Bertin (Händel-Festspiele Göttingen) [English/German]
Pascal Bertin - biografia (Gulbenkian) [Portuguese]
Pascal Bertin (L'opéra baroque) [Photo]


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