Founded in 1982 by Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble breathes new life into the repertoires of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras, performed on period instruments. Over the past thirty years, the Orchestra drew attention with its reinterpretations of the works of Handel, Purcell and Rameau, but also Haydn and Mozart and more recently Bach and Schubert. It is also well known for its performances of nineteenth-century French music: Berlioz (Les Nuits d’été, Harold en Italie), Bizet (L’Arlésienne), Massenet (Cendrillon), etc. Its recent operatic successes include Hoffmann’s Tales by Offenbach at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, Handel’s Alcina at the Vienna Staatsoper, Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Salzburg Summer Festival, and Idomeneo at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Salzburg Mozartwoche, and the Musikfest bremen where the Orchestra has performed regularly since 1995.The season 2012 / 2013 began with the release of the Schubert Symphonies by Naïve. Then the Orchestra celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with many exceptionnal concerts in Grenoble and Paris before an Asian tour.
Resident in Grenoble since 1996, supported by the Ville de Grenoble, the Conseil Général de l’Isère, the Région Rhône-Alpes and the French Ministry of Culture and Communication (DRAC Rhône-Alpes), the Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble has an extensive outreach and educational programme to promote classical music in the Rhône-Alpes region.
Cast and Creative Team for Marc Minkowski&Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble Concert at Shanghai Concert Hall
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Don Juan ou Le Festin de pierre
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Une symphonie imaginaire
