Emmanuelle Haïm
Emmanuelle Haïm (French pronunciation: [emanɥɛl aim]) (born in Paris, France, 1967) is a French harpsichordist and conductor[1] with a particular interest in early music and Baroque music.
Haïm grew up in Paris, and was raised as a Catholic, though her father is Jewish.[2] She spent 13 years studying at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris. William Christie invited her to work with his ensemble Les Arts Florissants, as a continuo player and musical assistant. On Christie's recommendation, she later worked as a coach and assistant to Simon Rattle,[3] as well as a guest artist with Rattle.[4]
After several years, she left Les Arts Florissants to become a conductor. In 2000, she formed her own baroque era ensemble, Le Concert d’Astrée. She and her ensemble have performed at such venues as the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris) and the Barbican Centre (London).[5][6][7]
Haïm's 2001 conducting debut with Glyndebourne Touring Opera, in a production of Handel's Rodelinda, brought her to wider artistic notice.[8][9] She returned to Glyndebourne in 2006 to conduct their production of Giulio Cesare.[10] On November 2, 2007, she became the first woman to conduct at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, conducting Giulio Cesare.[11][12] In January 2010 she was fired [13] from the Paris Opéra production of Mozart's Idomeneo after the orchestra complained of aesthetic and stylistic differences[14]. She was reinstated for a new production of Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie, but with her own Concert d'Astrée in the pit[15].
Haïm has a recording contract with Virgin Classics. Her collaborators have included Natalie Dessay,[16][17][18] Ian Bostridge,[19][20] Rolando Villazón, Susan Graham, Sara Mingardo and Laurent Naouri.
[edit] References
- ^ Rupert Christiansen, "The Ms Dynamite of French baroque ". Telegraph, 31 December 2002.
- ^ Michael White, "Out of the niche", The Telegraph, 16 Jun 2004
- ^ Richard Wigmore, "Belle of the Baroque". BBC Music Magazine, April 2004.
- ^ Rian Evans, "St John Passion/Rattle". The Guardian, 15 February 2002.
- ^ Ivan Hewett, "Seduced by moments of purest Enlightenment". Telegraph, 8 March 2005.
- ^ Geoffrey Norris, " Right arm behind the rostrum produces a lacklustre delivery". Telegraph, 12 December 2005.
- ^ Anthony Holden, "Don't break a leg, darling". The Observer, 18 December 2005.
- ^ Rupert Christiansen, "Handel's heroine doesn't ring true". Telegraph, 20 November 2001.
- ^ Hugh Canning, "Lightning conductor". The Times, 12 January 2003.
- ^ Andrew Clements, "Giulio Cesare". The Guardian, 7 August 2006.
- ^ Program, Giulio Cesare, Lyric Opera of Chicago 2007/8 season, page 29.
- ^ von Rhein, John, "Trailblazer Haim sets conducting, family life to two-part harmony". Chicago Tribune, 28 October 2007.
- ^ http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=1112819&clef=ARC-TRK-D_01
- ^ http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2010/02/firing-emmanuelle-haim.html
- ^ http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2011/03/emmanuelle_returns.html
- ^ Andrew Clements, "Classical CD Handel: Delirio Amoroso; Mi Palpita Il Cor, Dessay/ Le Concert d'Astree/ Haim". The Guardian, 20 January 2006.
- ^ Richard Wigmore, "Classical CDs of the week: Handel, Chabrier and more". Telegraph, 18 February 2006.
- ^ Anthony Holden, "Handel, Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno". The Observer, 22 April 2007.
- ^ Rupert Christiansen, " Who needs technique when you can produce music like this?" Telegraph, 14 January 2003.
- ^ Richard Wigmore, "Classical CDs of the week: Monteverdi: L'Orfeo and more". Telegraph, 24 May 2004.
