Articles by Jean-Jacques Schaettel
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20th anniversary of Les Musiciens de Saint-JulienFrançois Lazarevitch: On the Importance of a Bagpipe Competition
How a bagpipe competition in 2005 led François Lazarevitch to create Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien—and to celebrate the ensemble’s 20th anniversary with a double concert, both baroque and Celtic.
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Bayreuth Baroque 2025Max Emanuel Cenčić: Pompeo Magno, pure Venetian musical theatre
After focusing on Neapolitan opera, the Bayreuth Baroque Festival is staging Cavalli’s Pompeo Magno (1666). “I want to showcase the full richness of Venetian musical theatre,” says its artistic director, Max Emanuel Cenčić.
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The Innsbruck Festival of Early MusicEva-Maria Sens: connecting Italy’s musical heritage to the Austrian Court
Two operas centered on the same character, Iphigenia, in Innsbruck—one staged by Ottavio Dantone and Accademia Bizantina, the other by Christophe Rousset and his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques.
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Musical Europe of the RenaissanceJérôme Lejeune: “There is a clear tipping point around the year 1500”
A conversation with the belgian musicologist, who invites us to rediscover the musical ferment of Renaissance Europe, at the crossroads of circulating ideas, aesthetic upheavals, and great personalities.
