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Laurence Equilbey

Laurence Equilbey

Born: 6th March 1962

Nationality: French

Artist's website: http://laurenceequilbey.com/en/

Laurence Equilbey was born in 1962 and studied in London, Vienna and Paris, forming the Accentus chamber choir in 1991 and the Insula orchestra in 2012; she has also worked regularly with groups including Café Zimmermann, Concerto Köln, the Salzburg Mozarteumorchester and the Akademie für alte Musik Berlin.

Her discography includes a Gramophone Award-nominated Fauré Requiem, Gounod’s Saint Francois d'Assise, Mozart’s Requiem, Vesperae solennes de confessore and Coronation Mass, Gluck’s Orfeo, and several discs of choral transcriptions (all with Accentus), plus Beethoven’s Fourth and Fifth Piano Concertos with Nicholas Angelich and the Triple Concerto with Alexandra Conunova, Natalie Clein & David Kadouch.

Further Reading: Laurence Equilbey

Interview, Laurence Equilbey on Lucio Silla

The French conductor discusses her new recording of Mozart's early opera on Erato, starring Alessandro Liberatore as the eponymous dictator and Franco Fagioli in the castrato role of Cecilio.

Interview, Laurence Equilbey on Louise Farrenc

Following her release in early July of a recording of two symphonies by Louise Farrenc, conductor Laurence Equilbey digs further into the life and work of a unique French composer.

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