Jean-Patrice Brosse


Jean-Patrice Brosse is a French harpsichordist and organist.

Biography

Born in Le Mans, Brosse gradually followed a complete artistic training at the conservatory of Le Mans, Conservatoire de Paris, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, and the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris.
At twenty-three, after a major tour of chamber music concerts in the USA and South America, he became organist and harpsichordist of the Ars Antiqua ensemble of Paris, the Ensemble polyphonique and the Orchestre de la Radio, then the Orchestre de chambre de Paris and the . He is then the appreciated partner of great interpreters such as Henryk Szeryng, Jean-Pierre Wallez, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Maurice André, Frédéric Lodéon, Arto Noras... and accompanies singers such as Gundula Janowitz, Rita Streich, Hugues Cuénod, Isabel Garcisanz, Derek Lee Ragin, Michel Sénéchal and Cecilia Bartoli.
He participates in the activities of the Jeunesses musicales de France, for which he gave numerous concerts, and then recorded his first records as soloist: complete works by Henry Purcell, Clérambault and Jacques Duphly EMI, Bach's sonatas with Jean-Pierre Wallez at IPG. He plays the great orchestral works: Poulenc's Concertos for harpsichord and organ, Camille Saint-Saëns's Symphony with organ, Manuel de Falla's and Frank Martin's Concertos, Sauguet's Church sonata... with the biggest ensembles: Monte-Carlo, RAI, National et Philharmonique de Radio-France, Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire, Capitole de Toulouse..., under the direction of Georges Prêtre, Emmanuel Krivine, Jean-Pierre Marty, Marek Janowski, Michel Plasson... Henri Sauguet wrote his Church sonata to him, Jean-Michel Damase's Pastorales for organ, Joaquin Nin-Culmell's Symphonie des Mystères...
Deepening the study of baroque treaties and instruments, he founded the Concerto Rococo, a small group of early instruments dedicated to the 18th century harpsichord and concert organ repertoire. Through his musicological research, Jean-Patrice Brosse also works on the restitution of baroque religious services alternating organ and Gregorian chant., and ensures the revision of old works at Éditions J. M. Fuzeau.
A recitalist, concertist, chamber musician, he is regularly invited to the great French festivals: Festival de musique de La Chaise-Dieu, Sully, Septembre musical de l'Orne, Saou, Saint-Riquier, Lessay, the,, Prades, Centre baroque de Versailles, Orangerie de Sceaux, Avignon, Aix, Art sacré de Paris, Toulouse les Orgues, Printemps des Arts de Nantes, Radio-France-Montpellier, Albi, Nuits d’Uzès, Festival baroque de Pontoise, Mai de Bordeaux, Saint-Lizier, Comminges, Maguelone, Déodat de Séverac à Saint-Félix-Lauragais, Bourges, La Rochelle, Dijon... He has performed in most European countries, in the USA, in South America, in the Far East, in tours - often illustrated with lectures and master classes - or in prestigious festivals: Echternach, Brussels, Antwerp, Frankfurt, Berlin, Dresden, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Zagreb, Warsaw, Istanbul, Madrid, Milan, Naples, Hong Kong.
Brosse has made a series of recordings dedicated to the Parisian harpsichordists of the Enlightenment era, in parallel with the work he wrote on this subject, Le Clavecin des Lumières for Bleu nuit publisher. He is also the author of Le clavecin du Roi Soleil. The musical and literary richness of this period inspired him to create a poetic evocation, "Le Soir des Lumières", which he shares on stage with the actress Françoise Fabian, as well as a series of concerts-readings Mozart et le clavecin des Lumières and Les derniers jours du Roi Soleil after Saint-Simon' Mémoires. With Marie-Christine Barrault, he also conceived a series of poetic and musical shows around works ranging from the Renaissance to the present day.
His eclectic tastes also make him approach the repertoire of the romantic and contemporary organ. Artistic director of the, he is honorary professor of baroque organ and harpsichord at the École normale de musique de Paris.
Jean-Patrice Brosse's independent spirit and very personal style are reflected in his writings on music and fine arts, as well as in the sixty or so recordings he made for EMI, Virgin, Universal, Arion, Vérany... whose originality has been supported several times by the and awarded with Grand Prix record awards and nominations at the Victoires de la musique.
Jean-Patrice Brosse holds the rank of chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Discography

EMI :
Saphir:
Triton:
Universal:
Verany:
Virgin: