François Joubert-Caillet
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1st Prize and Public’s Award winner at the Bruges International Chamber Music Competition, François Joubert-Caillet studied with Paolo Pandolfo at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Basle, Switzerland). After concerts with numerous formations and recordings for the labels Ricercar, Harmonia Mundi, Ambronay, K617, ZigZag Territoires,Arcana,Winter & Winter,Aparté, Glossa, Sony, Naïve, etc., he founded L’Achéron in 2009 which he leads on the European scenes of Saintes, Ambronay, Utrecht, Paris, Bruxelles, Athènes, Bâle, Sablé, Regensburg, Lausanne, Warsaw, Timisoara, Vilnius, Malte, etc. in several formations from the viol recital to the orchestra, or in viol consort.
François Joubert-Caillet records for the label Ricercar where he published a dozen of CDs.Willing to put in light little known composers (Johannes Schenck,Anthony Holborne, Samuel Scheidt, Orlando Gibbons, Johann Bernhard Bach, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach), he also invites to listen better to an already known composer, Marin Marais, whom he records the complete viol works since 2014 (5 Books, over 600 pieces, about 20 CDs).
These recordings were awarded with Diapason d’Or, Choc de Classica or Echo Klassik. François Joubert-Caillet is today a key musician of the baroque scene, applauded for his « sovereign virtuosity », the « finesse of his playing » as well as his approach with L’Achéron, following the early music pioneers steps, rediscovering forgotten beauties and historical practices while making them sensitive for today’s public and abolishing frontiers between the musics and the audience with transversal projects (Orient-Occident cross-overs, contemporary or pop music, improvisation).
