Concert by the soprano Clémence Garcia on 24 July 2023 in Audrix

Clémence Garcia

It is through the flute that Clémence Garcia began her musical studies, before turning to singing. She went on to study opera at the Toulouse Conservatoire, before joining the CRR's Pôle des Arts Baroques.
On stage, she sings the First Lady in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Tours Opera) and the role of Love in Glück's Orpheus and Eurydice (Clermont-Ferrand Opera). She is also Barberine in The Marriage of Figaro, with the company Opéra Eclaté (Opéra de Massy, Opéra de Clermont-Ferrand, Festival Saint-Céré, Luxembourg...), Frau Herz in Mozart's The Theatre Director,
Euridice and Musica in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, and Filia in Carissimi's Jephte. Clémence was awarded the Jeunes Espoirs prize at the Bordeaux-Médoc singing competition.
In 2021, she sang the Fire and the Princess in Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges at the Académie Internationale de Musique Française Michel Plasson, during which she was advised by Sophie Koch and José Van Dam.
Her interest in the baroque repertoire led her to perfect her skills with several renowned artists, such as Philippe Jaroussky, Jérôme Corréas, Adrianna Fernandez?
She is regularly invited to perform as a soloist in oratorios: Bach's St Matthew Passion, St John Passion and Mass in B (Halle aux Grains, Toulouse), Bach's Magnificat (Opéra de Massy), Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, which she has performed many times (notably with the Orquestra Barroca de Barcelona), and Handel's Messiah. She played several solo roles in Le Triomphe des Arts, an opera-ballet by Dupuy, at the time of its creation and recording with the Ensemble Baroque de Toulouse.
She was solo soprano in Fauré's Requiem with the orchestra of the Massy Opera, then for the creation and recording of Christopher Gibert's Stabat Mater (Rocamadour Festival). She played the lead role in the creation of the opera L'Annonce faite à Marie by Marc Bleuse, programmed by the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse.
Since September 2022, she is artist in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.

Programme

From Monteverdi to Handel : Amor è qual vento

Hope, pain, passion, torment... That's how the wind of love blows in the wind. hearts!
From 17th-century madrigals to 18th-century opera arias, this concert invites you to find out how Monteverdi, Strozzi, Handel and others set the works of the great composers to music. love stories of their heroines, if not their own...

Quel sguardo sdegnosetto? Monteverdi
Ohime ch'io cado ? Monteverdi
Lamento della ninfa ? Monteverdi
Mi fa rider la speranza - Strozzi (Diporti di Euterpe)
Lagrime mie ? Strozzi (Diporti di Euterpe)
Orfeo, have you slept? Sartorio (Orfeo)
Se il mio dolor? Scarlatti (Griselda)
Ah Ruggiero... Ombre pallide? Handel (Alcina)
Tornami a vagheggiar ? Handel (Alcina)
Verso già l'alma ? Handel (Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)
Amor è qual vento? Handel (Orlando)

Julie PUMIR, harpsichord

Julie Pumir began her musical training with the Maîtrise du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and then entered the Conservatoire de Versailles. She entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris (CNSMDP) in 2013 in the class of Olivier Baumont, Blandine Rannou and Kenneth Weiss, where she obtained her Masters in Harpsichord and Continuous Bass. She also studied at the Royal Academy of London in the class of Carole Cerasi as part of the Erasmus programme. She also attended master classes and workshops with Pierre Hantai, Ton Koopman, Bertrand Cuiller and Laurent Stewart. She is a laureate of the Royaumont Foundation, the Sylff Foundation (Tokyo Foundation) and the Meyer Foundation. As a continuo player, she performs with various ensembles such as Le Concert Spirituel, the Ensemble Baroque de Toulouse and Les Passions. She is also a founding member of the ensemble Les Curiosités, which specialises in instrumental chamber music. She holds a Certificat d'Etude and teaches harpsichord and basso continuo at the CRR in Toulouse.