Hervé Niquet & Le Concert Spirituel

Name: Hervé Niquet & Le Concert Spirituel
Start: 2026-08-28T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-28T20:00:00+02:00
Location: TivoliVredenburg

took place · 28 Aug 2026

TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

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Hervé Niquet conducts Le Concert Spirituel, the French Baroque orchestra, in a programme of Baroque music at TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht.

About: Hervé Niquet

French conductor and harpsichordist Hervé Niquet has led Le Concert Spirituel for nearly four decades, bringing forgotten French Baroque masterworks - from Lully to Charpentier - back to the concert stage. His rigorous return to primary sources has earned him an international reputation as one of the most incisive practitioners of historically informed performance.

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Grammy nominations for Le Concert Spirituel (2001 and 2013)

Recording of the Year 2018 (ICMA) - album Visions with Véronique Gens

Echo Klassik Award 2016 for recording Herculanum (Félicien David)

Honorary Prize Deutsche Schallplattenkritik 2019

What's new

2026-04
Niquet conducted Le Concert Spirituel in a new production of Rameau's Platée at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, directed by Shirley & Dino.
2025-10
Le Concert Spirituel released a new recording of Handel's Israel in Egypt with Alpha Classics.
2025-07
Niquet performed with Le Concert Spirituel at the Musikfest Bremen with a 40-voice Renaissance mass from Florence.

Tracks

Vivaldi: Gloria & MagnificatRecording from 2015 at Alpha Classics, one of the most streamed releases by Le Concert Spirituel

Lully: Persée (1770)Rediscovered version, recorded for Alpha Classics in collaboration with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles

Handel: Messiah (1754 versie)Recording from 2017 at Alpha Classics with Le Concert Spirituel

Handel: Israel in EgyptLatest studio album, released in October 2025 at Alpha Classics

Charpentier: MédéeHistorically informed performance, part of the residency at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

About: Le Concert Spirituel

Under Hervé Niquet's direction, Le Concert Spirituel performs on period instruments, rescuing forgotten French Baroque works - from grand motets to rarely heard operas - on the world's most prestigious stages.

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monthly listeners on Spotify

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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.

Tour

RegensburgBremenRomeLondonParisBordeauxNeuilly-sur-SeineMontpellierCompiègne

Tracks

Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificatrecording at Alpha Classics, one of the ensemble's most streamed works

Marais: Séméléawarded 'Opera Recording of the Year' at the Echo Klassik Awards 2009

Grétry: AndromaqueGrand Prix du Disque, Académie Charles Cros 2010

Campra: Le Carnaval de VeniseGerman Record Critics' Award 2011

Striggio: Missa 'Ecco sì beato giorno' (40 stemmen)central production of the anniversary season 2025/2026, performed at the BBC Proms

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