Le Concert Spirituel

About

Le Concert Spirituel is a French choir and orchestra founded in 1987 by conductor and harpsichordist Hervé Niquet, with the aim of reviving the great works of the French Baroque repertoire on period instruments. Named after the first private concert society in France - an 18th-century Parisian institution - the ensemble has grown into one of the world's leading early-music groups, performing at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Palace of Versailles. Alongside sacred music and grand motets, it champions forgotten Baroque operas, and has received awards including the Echo Klassik Award, the Edison Award and the 2020 Liliane Bettencourt Prize for choral singing.

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Grammy nominations (2001 and 2013)

winner Liliane Bettencourt Prize for choral singing, 2020

international music awards (Echo Klassik, Edison, German Record Critics' Award, Grand Prix Académie Charles Cros)

What's new

aug 2025
Le Concert Spirituel performs on 17 August 2025 at the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the BBC Proms, with a performance of Alessandro Striggio's forty-voice Mass.
2025/2026
In the 2025/2026 season, the ensemble celebrates the three-hundredth anniversary of the historic Concert Spirituel series with a tour of Striggio's forty-voice Mass, visiting Regensburg, Bremen, Rome and London.
okt 2025
Alpha Classics released in October 2025 the new recording of Handel's Israel in Egypt, recorded by Le Concert Spirituel.
2025
The ensemble's discography is further expanded with two new albums at Alpha Classics: Iphigénie en Tauride by Desmarets and Campra, and Fauré's Requiem.
2022-2025
Le Concert Spirituel is resident ensemble at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, where it revives and records operas by Marais, Charpentier, Campra and Lully as part of a collaboration program with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles.