Jean-François Novelli


Jean-François Novelli is a contemporary French tenor born in Fontainebleau.

Career

Novelli holds a master's degree in musicology in the Sorbonne, winner of the Concours général and first prize for recorder, and turns to singing. He graduated from the Conservatoire de Paris after receiving the teachings of A-M Bondi, Rachel Yakar, Christiane Patard and was immediately admitted to postgraduate studies.
Noticed, he is one of the young talents selected for the midem of Cannes. Fascinated by baroque music, he won the First Prize of the Sinfonia competition in 1997 with Patricia Petibon and the ensemble.
He perfected his skills with the tenor Howard Crook and collaborated with the principal French formations specialized in the repertoires of the 17th and 18th centuries: Il Seminario Musicale, Les Arts Florissants, les Talens Lyriques, Le Concert Spirituel, Le Poème Harmonique, the Éléments, the Ensemble Jacques Moderne, Les Paladins etc.

Discography