Adèle Charvet, (born 1993) is a French mezzo-soprano.
Life edit
Born in Montpellier, Charvet lived in New-York for up to five years.[1][2] She began studying music at the age of six and sang in the choir of Claire Marchand then at the Maîtrise de Radio France[3] where she took part at the age of 9, in the choirs, in her very first opera, the musical tale of Julien Joubert, La Reine des glaces, in March 2003 in the amphitheatre of the opéra Bastille[4] In 2008, she joined the conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris} where she obtained her diplôme d'études musicales with the congratulations of the jury in 2013, before joining the singing classes of Yves Sotin and Élène Golgevit[5] at the Conservatoire de Paris. There, with the soprano Mariamielle Lamagat, the tenor Mathys Lagier and the baritone Edwin Fardini, she founded the vocal quartet "L'Archipel", which is invited in residence at the foundation Singer-Polignac[6]
She recorded for Alpha Classics in February 2019, with Susan Manoff at the piano, a disc entitled Long time ago, which mixes songs by American and British composers.[7]
On 1 October 2019, while attending a concert given by La Chapelle Harmonique[8] under the direction of her friend Valentin Tournet at the auditorium de Radio France,[9] she is called at intermission to replace at the last minute the countertenor David DQ Lee, suffering, in Handel's Messiah[10] The intermission is lengthened by twenty minutes to allow her to decipher the score[11] and she received a standing ovation at the end of the concert.[12]
She was nominated in 2020 at the Victoires de la musique classique[13] in the "Revelation, lyric artist" category.
She composed a noted Mélisande for her role in the Rouen Opera House production broadcast on 26 January 2021 on the Norman TV Channel.[14]
Family edit
Charvet is the daughter of the composer Pierre Charvet[15] and the sportswoman Nadine Éwanjé-Épée. She considers the poet Frédéric Jacques Temple as her grandfather since the latter had a very long love and artistic relationship with Brigitte Portal, her paternal grandmother.[16] Her maternal grandfather, Charles Éwanjé-Épée, is a musician and composer of Cameroonian origin.[17][18]
Prizes edit
- 2015 : Prix de mélodie du Centre international Nadia et Lili Boulanger[19][20] with pianist Florian Caroubi.
- 2016 : Prix Eugène Pannebakker Lied Duo, Dioraphte Composition Award, Prix de la presse, Prix du jury junior et MAX Young Talent Award, at the International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch[21][22] avec le pianiste Florian Caroubi
- 2017 : Prix d'honneur au Verbier Festival[23]
- 2019 : Prix Jeune Soliste 2020 of the Les Médias francophones publics.[24]
References edit
- ^ "Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano, is the guest of Musique Matin". France Musique. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2021..
- ^ Thierry Hillériteau (6 December 2019). "Adèle Charvet, l'Amérique au cœur". Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ "Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano". Centre international Nadia et Lili Boulanger (in French). Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Concerts of the season 2002-2003". Maîtrise de Radio France (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021..
- ^ "Adèle Charvet". Opéra national de Bordeaux (in French). 3 May 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Quatuor vocal L'Archipel". Singer-Polignac Foundation] (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021..
- ^ "Long time ago" (PDF). Chandos. Retrieved 1 February 2021..
- ^ "Home". La Chapelle Harmonique (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "The Messiah, La Chapelle Harmonique - Tuesday 1 October 2019". maisondelaradio.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "A spectator replaces at the last minute a soloist in the middle of a concert : "When I started to decipher the score, I made one mistake per bar"". France Info (in French). 2 October 2019..
- ^ France 2 (14 December 2019). "" 8:30 pm on Saturday " - Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald". France.tv. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Erwana Le Guen (2 October 2019). "Y a-t-il un chanteur dans la salle ? Un concert à Radio France sauvé par une spectatrice". Le Figaro (in French)..
- ^ Decalf, Guillaume (7 January 2020). "Victoires de la Musique Classique 2020: the list of nominees". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE". Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ Michèle Fizaine (28 December 2019). "Adèle Charvet, a lyrical feat". Midi Libre.
- ^ "Adèle Charvet". odb-opera.com. 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Toulouse. Amidonniers : après-midi camerounais avec Charles Ewanje Epée". ladepeche.fr. 25 November 2017.
- ^ "CHARLES EWANJE EPEE, GÉNIE MÉCONNU". camernews.com.
- ^ "Résultats du Concours international de Chant-Piano Nadia et Lili Boulanger". ResMusica (in French). 17 November 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2021..
- ^ "Musique contemporaine - Festival européen Jeunes Talents". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021..
- ^ VocalCompetition (5 December 2016). "51st IVC 2016 Lied Duo | Finals | Adèle Charvet, Florian Caroubi | Monique Krüs". YouTube (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Alle IVC laureaten". International Vocal Competition ´s-Hertogenbosch (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Florian Royer (8 August 2017). "La Française Adèle Charvet remporte le prix d'honneur au Verbier Festival". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021..
- ^ Guillaume Decalf (18 October 2019). "Adèle Charvet et Maya Levy remportent ex aequo le Prix Jeune Soliste 2020 des MFP". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021..
External links edit
- Adèle Charvet discography at Discogs
