Marie Pouchelon (Contralto)

Born: France

The French contralto, Marie Pouchelon, wasatrained in the Maîtrise de Radio France, graduating in 2001. She continued her studies in faculty of musicology at the Conservatoire, where she obtained her DEM (Musical Studies Diploma) in 2006.

Meanwhile, Marie Pouchelon worked with various ensembles such as Les Voix Mêlées (Director: Vincent Rouques), Les Cris de Paris (Director: Geoffroy Jourdain) or in smaller formations like the Israeli ensemble Nevel David.

In 2005, Marie Pouchelon turned to early music by studying with Julie Hassler and joined the Ensemble Pygmalion (Director: Raphaël Pichon) with whom she made several recordings. In 2006, she participated in the opera Dido and Aeneas by H. Purcell at the Opéra de Rennes (conducted by S. D'Hérin) and the following year in the opera Cadmus & Hermione by J.B. Lully (staged by V. Dumestre and B. Lazar).

Marie Pouchelon regularly performs with other ensembles such as the Maîtrise de Notre-Dame (Director: Lionel Sow), Correspondances (Director: Sébastien Daucé), Ensemble Perspectives (Director: Geoffroy Heurard) or Diabolus in Musica (Director: Antoine Guerber) with whom she has recorded a disc of music in a tribute to Ockeghem.

Sources:
Ensemble Perspectives Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (October 2015)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (October 2015)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Raphaël Pichon

Alto

Member of Ensemble Pygmalion:
C-1 (2014): BWV 244a [2^nd recording]
[CP-1] (2017, Video): BWV 34, BWV 31, BWV 191
[CP-3] (2017, Video): BWV 70, BWV 140
[CP-4] (2018, Video): BWV 103, BWV 105, BWV 25
[CP-5] (2018, Video): BWV 131, BWV 106, BWV 4
[CP-7] (2018, Video): BWV 21
[CV-1] (2022, Video): BWV 4 [3^rd recording]
[V-6] (2019): BWV 225-230; J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur
[CP-6] (2016, Video): BWV 245: Part I [2^nd recording], BWV 159/1-3, BWV 245: Part II, J. Handl Gallus: Ecce quomodo moritur justus
V-1 (2007): BWV 234, BWV 235, J. Kuhnau/J.S. Bach: Motet Der Gerechte kömmt um
V-2 (2009): BWV 233, BWV 236, BWV 118
V-3 (2011): BWV 232: Kyrie & Gloria (1733 Version)
[VV-2] (2016, Video): BWV 244 [2^nd recording]; J. Kuhnau: Motet Tristis est anima mea; J. Handl Gallus: Ecce quomodo moritur justus
[VV-3] (2021, Video): BWV 244 [3^rd recording]
[V-8] (2021, 3-CD): BWV 244 [4^th recording]
[VV-4] (2013, Video): BWV 245 [1^st recording]

Links to other Sites

Marie Pouchelon, alto (Ensemble Perspectives) [French]