Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble

"One of the best in the world." The Guardian 

“One of the most sublime conceptions of dramatic music,” said Hector Berlioz of Jean Phillipe Rameau.

Marc Minkowski pays homage to Rameau, master of orchestral writing, by taking the most colourful, rhythmic and virtuosic pieces from Rameau’s operas and one-act ballets from 1737 to 1763 and weaving them into a coherent whole in Imaginary Symphony.

Presented in the same evening is music from Don Juan by Gluck, whose genius was described by Debussy as “deeply rooted in Rameau’s works”. Based on Molière’s play of the same name, Gluck’s ballet follows the legend of Don Juan and his descent into Hell.

Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble was founded by Minkowski in 1982, and is best known for its interpretations of French Baroque works. As the first French ensemble invited to play at the Salzburg Festival in 2006, the ensemble is acclaimed as a highly versatile, inventive and original orchestra.