{"id":764,"date":"2016-10-12T10:44:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T08:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/les-timbres.com\/ensemble\/presentation\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:27:21","slug":"presentation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/les-timbres.com\/en\/presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"txtColor\"><strong>IN NUMBERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"txtColor\"><strong>3 artists \u27a1\ufe0f 1 collective artistic direction<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"txtColor\"><strong>5 recordings \u27a1\ufe0f 4 Diapason d&#8217;Or awards<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"txtColor\"><strong>18 years of chamber music \u27a1\ufe0f 1 unwavering passion<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"txtColor\"><strong>20 programmes in the repertoire \u27a1\ufe0f 2 new works each year<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"txtColor\"><strong>\u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helloasso.com\/associations\/les-timbres-en-musique\/formulaires\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Want to support the Ensemble les Timbres? Click here!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since their first recording of Jean-Philippe Rameau\u2019s<span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Pi\u00e8ces de clavecin en Concerts\u00a0<\/em><\/span>in 2014, which was awarded a<span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Diapason d\u2019Or<\/em><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>and described by the magazine<span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Diapason<\/em><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>as \u201ca sensitively and brilliantly intelligently crafted masterpiece\u201d, Les Timbres have become one of the most sought-after ensembles for seventeenth and eighteenth-century chamber music.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the ensemble\u2019s recording of Fran\u00e7ois Couperin\u2019s<span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Concerts Royaux<\/em><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>won them their second<span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Diapason d\u2019Or<\/em><\/span>. The magazine<span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Deux Mondes\u00a0<\/em><\/span>highlights the \u201cbeauty of the timbres emerging from their instruments [which] create truly magical moments and undoubtably one of the finest and most poetic readings of this musical manuscript, which marked the end of the Grand Si\u00e8cle [the reign of Louis XIV]\u201d. The release, in 2020, of their complete recording of Buxtehude\u2019s Trio Sonatas represents a further milestone in their oeuvre.<\/p>\n<p>The musicians of Les Timbres always strive to develop a personal vision of the repertoire composed for their instrumentation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as well as extensively explore new ways to perfect their chamber music-making skills (timbres, trust, improvisation\u2026).<\/p>\n<p>Laureates of the First Prize at the International Competition for Chamber Music of Bruges (Belgium) and the Special Prize for the best contemporary piece (2009), Les Timbres is composed of the Japanese violinist Yoko Kawakubo, the French viol player Myriam Rignol and the Belgian harpsichordist Julien Wolfs \u2013 all three graduates of the<span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Lyon<\/em><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur Musique et Danse<\/em><\/span>. Together, they make up a singular trio whose musical intimacy and human harmony contribute to creating this unique sound.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst trios make up the core of their musical repertoire, they also frequently collaborate with other artists (singers, notably Marc Mauillon, instrumentalists, dancers and actors) with whom they develop artistic projects combining scholarship, creation, performance and education (Lully\u2019s<span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Proserpine<\/em><\/span>, Monteverdi\u2019s<span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Orfeo<\/em><\/span>, English consort music, premi\u00e8re of Philippe Hersant\u2019s cantata<span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Nun Komm<\/em><\/span>\u2026).<\/p>\n<p>Les Timbres has been invited to some of the most prestigious European concert halls (in France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Netherlands) and maintains strong ties to Japan where the ensemble tours every other year. Whilst maintaining the highest standards of performance, they also place a strong focus on outreach and education activities and all teach at local and regional music colleges. Their six-year residency (2013\u20132019) at the festival<span>\u00a0<\/span><span><em>Musique et M\u00e9moire\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(France) has enabled them to develop numerous arts and culture education programmes such as \u201cSnow White and the Seven Notes\u201d and the \u201cMusical Tournament\u201d. They are currently beginning a new residency at the Combrailles Bach Festival with an artistic project that will explore German music before Bach.<\/p>\n<p><em>Translator: Elen Le Foll<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IN NUMBERS 3 artists \u27a1\ufe0f 1 collective artistic direction 5 recordings \u27a1\ufe0f 4 Diapason d&#8217;Or awards 18 years of chamber music \u27a1\ufe0f 1 unwavering passion 20 programmes in the repertoire \u27a1\ufe0f 2 new works each year \u27a1\ufe0f Want to support the Ensemble les Timbres? Click here! 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