Hervé Niquet (born 28 October 1957 in Abbeville) is a French conductor, harpsichordist and tenor specialising in the French Baroque repertoire. In 1987 he founded Le Concert Spirituel, a period-instrument ensemble that has grown into one of the world's leading early-music groups. From 2011 to 2019 he served as chief conductor of the Flemish Radio Choir and principal guest conductor of the Brussels Philharmonic. He holds the titles Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
Niquet conducted Le Concert Spirituel in a new production of Rameau's Platée at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, directed by Shirley & Dino.
Le Concert Spirituel released a new recording of Handel's Israel in Egypt with Alpha Classics.
Niquet performed with Le Concert Spirituel at the Musikfest Bremen with a 40-voice Renaissance mass from Florence.
Niquet was appointed artistic director of the Festival de Saintes for the 2023 and 2024 editions.
😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.
89classicalFri 4.12.Sven Ratzke
88classicalFri 12.3.Berlage Saxophone Quartet & Noa Wildschut
84classicalMon 9.11.Simone Lamsma & Jonathan Fournel
84classicalSun 14.3.Doric String Quartet - Beethoven III
84classicalSun 18.4.Pieter Wispelwey & Paolo Giacometti - Greatest Hits
81classicalSat 14.11.Wibi Soerjadi
80classicalThu 5.11.Noord Nederlands Orkest
79classicalThu 19.11.North Netherlands Orchestra and Alexei Volodin: Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody
79classicalMon 14.12.Bach Collegium Japan: Handel's Messiah
79classicalSat 19.12.Noord Nederlands Orkest: Christmas Concert: Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium
79classicalFri 22.1.North Netherlands Orchestra and Truls Mørk: Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1
79classicalWed 10.2.Henk Neven & Imogen Cooper: Winterreise Schubert