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La Rêveuse was founded in 2004 by the theorbist Benjamin Perrot and the viola da gamber player Florence Bolton.

This french musical group have picked it name from the compositor Marin Marais piece (1656-1728)

Among its faithfuls soloists, there are the harpsicordist, Bertrand Cuillier, the organist Emmanuel Mandrin and the harpsicordist, Carsten Loff.

History
Since it création in 2004, the musical group La Rêveuse focus on instrumental and vocal repertoires from the 17th and 18th centuries Purcell, Lawes, Marin Marais, Jacquet de la Guerre, Brossard, Buxtehude, Reinken, etc.), with a particular attention on the general bass.

The ensemble gives about 50 concerts a year in France (Les Concerts Parisiens, La Folle Journée de Nantes, Abbaye de Fontevraud, Festival de Pontoise, Festival de Lanvellec, Festival Radio-France Montpellier, Scènes nationales d'Orléans, Blois, etc.) and abroad (Utrecht Festival,  Arte Musica Fondation from Montréal, Early Music Vancouver, Victoria Early Music Society of Island, Princetown French Theater Festival, Villa Finaly a Florence - Italy,, etc.).

After a noticed first album recorded by the K617 label (Locke/Purcell, K617 2006), the ensemble takes part of the catalogue since 2006 from René Martin label, Mirare (Purcell, Mirare 2008 ; Buxtehude/Reinken, Mirare 2009 ; Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Mirare 2010, Sébastien de Brossard, Mirare 2011 ; Henry Lawes, Mirare 2013 ; Telemann, Mirare 2015; Devotional songs & Anthems/Purcell, Mirare 2015).

Since it creation, the ensemble works on forging links between differents artistic practices. It has ever worked with Benjamin Lazar and the Incredule Theater (L’Autre Monde ou les États et Empires de la Lune, de Cyrano de Bergerac), Louise Moaty (Les Mille et Une Nuits, based on a theatrical adaptation from the traduction of Antoine Galland), Catherine Hiegel et François Morel (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), the plastician Vincent Vergogne from the firm Praxinoscope (Concerto luminoso, spectacles with magics lanterns), the firm marionnettes Le Théâtre sans Toit (Pierre Blaise) (La Danse de Zadig, spectacle inspired by the Zadig of Voltaire) , as well with the comedian and the puppet master Kristof Le Garff (Jack et le haricot magique).

Depuis sa création, l'ensemble travaille à tisser des liens entre différentes pratiques artistiques. Il a notamment travaillé avec Benjamin Lazar et le Théâtre de l’Incrédule (L’Autre Monde ou les États et Empires de la Lune, de Cyrano de Bergerac), Louise Moaty (Les Mille et Une Nuits, sur une adaptation théâtrale de la traduction d'Antoine Galland), Catherine Hiegel et François Morel (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), le plasticien Vincent Vergogne de la Cie Praxinoscope (Concerto luminoso, spectacle avec lanternes magiques), la Cie de marionnettes Le Théâtre sans Toit (Pierre Blaise) (La Danse de Zadig, spectacle inspiré du Zadig de Voltaire) , ainsi qu'avec le comédien marionnettiste Kristof Le Garff (Jack et le haricot magique).

At the same, the ensemble is developping a circle of conferences-concerts which presents a dialog between painting and music, in  collaboration with the historian of arts, Jean-Philippe Guye.

Since 2014, the music group cooperates samely with the painter Pierre-Yves Russo which the pieces are illustration the disc cover of the musical group.

The group gets involved regularly in pedagogic projects with classes from elementary and high school. One of it last project was intitled  : "Les Lettres Persanes revisitées" and made with a migrants class enrolled in Orléans and named as finalists for the Audacity and cultural and artistic price in 2016. Each summer, la Rêveuse organizes ancient music internships in the Seuilly Abbey at destination to young professionals in the way of professionalisation or for experimented amateurs for august and animates since 2015, the ancient music workshops which purpose to make a wide audience dicover the music and the arts from the 17th and 18th centuries through many activities such as chamber music rooms in the Conservatory, conferences or discovery concerts.

Sponsors and partners
La Rêveuse is affiliated to the DRAC and the Région Centre and financially supported by the city of Orléans, the musical ensemble receives from time to time the sponsorship of the  french Institute, the FCM, and also from the SPEDIDAM et the ADAMI.

La Rêveuse is a member of the specialized vocal and instrumental ensemble Federation (FEVIS) and of the Profedim syndicate from the Export Office

Discography
- 2018: Marin Marais - Viola da gamba pieces - Mirare label

- 2017: D.Buxtehude : Trio Sonatas - Handwritten of Uppsala - Mirare Label

Awards : « Choc Classica 2017 » and sound recording of the month,  5 de Diapason, ffff de Télérama, Bestenliste du Deutsche SchallPlatten Krittik, Joker Crescendo (B), 5 Croches            Pizzicato (LU), Key of the Month of Resmusica, France Musique Choice / Francis Drésel Choice / Radio Classique.

Recording of the Album London Sonatas (Mirare)

- 2016: Recording og Badinage, book album about the painter Antoine Watteau eand the compositor Marin Marais.

- 2015: Devotional Songs & Anthems / Henry Purcell - Mirare label

Awards : « Choc » Classica, 5 pitch pipes, France Musique Choice, Clic Classiquenews

- 2015: Trio and Quartets with viola da gamba / Telemann - Mirare label


 * Awards : 5 diapasons, Choc de Classica, 4/5 DeVolkskrante, fff de Télérama, Early Music Review, Gramophone, Fanfare

- 2014: DVD « L’Autre Monde ou les Estats & Empires de la Lune » / Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac - Spectacle staged by Benjamin Lazar


 * Works by Dufaut, Sainte-Colombe, Hotman, Dubuisson, Kapsberger, Marin Marais, etc. - éditions L’Autre Monde.
 * Awards : « Choc » de Classica, Diapason d'or

- 2012: Henry Lawes : Ayres wtih the tenor Jeffrey Thompson - Mirare label


 * Award : Early Music Review.

- 2012: Oratorios & Léandro / Sébastien de Brossard, with C.Santon, E.Warnier, I.Druet, J.Thompson, V.Bouchot, B.Arnould - label Mirare


 * Awards : 5 diapasons, Ring Classique Info

- 2010: Sonatas for violin,  viola da gamba obliged & general basses / Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre - Mirare label


 * Awards : 5 de Diapason, Muse d'Or.

- 2009: Dietrich Buxtehude : Sonatas / Johann Adam Reinken : Hortus Musicus -  Mirare label


 * Awards : IRR, **** World of music, Muse d'Or

- 2008: Henry Purcell : « Cease, Anxious World», Songs & Chamber Music - Mirare label


 * Award : Muse d'Or.

- 2006: Matthew Locke / Henry Purcell : « The Theater of Musick » (music fort  londonian theaters) - label K617


 * Award : **** Monde de la musique

- 2004: « The Other Word or the States & Empires of the Moon » / Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac - Text and music of the spectacle, with and staged by B.Lazar.


 * Pieces by Dufaut, Ste Colombe, Hotman, Dubuisson, Kapsberger… - Alpha label
 * Awards : « 10 » de Classica-Répertoire, 4 Goldberg

Spectacles creations

 * 2004 : The Other World or the States and Empires of the Moon, avec Benjamin Lazar
 * 2011 : Les Mille et une Nuits, with Louise Moaty and Bertrand Cuiller
 * 2011 : Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, staged by Catherine Hiegel  and with François Morel (production CADO)
 * 2012 : Concerto luminoso, spectacle with magical lanterns, staged and lighted by Vincent Vergone (Le Praxinoscope)
 * 2013 : Revival  of The Other World or the States and Empires of the Moon, by Benjamin Lazar
 * 2014 : The Danse of Zadig, in collaboration with the puppets firm  The Theater without roof (Pierre Blaise)
 * 2016: Jack and lthe Bean stalk, and the comedian and puppets master Kristof Le Garff.
 * 2016 : Creation of Monsieur de Pourceaugnac with the Theater of the Eventail (Raphaël de Angelis)
 * 2017: Creation of the Green Hour , absurd cabaret with original compositions by Vincent Boucho

La Rêveuse in few dates

 * 2004
 * Creation of The Other World or the States and Empires of the Moon, with Benjamin Lazar
 * Creation of the musical ensemble La Rêveuse.
 * 2005
 * Recording of the first CD The Theater of Musick, at K618 label


 * 2006
 * Suceeded participation to la Folle Journée de Nantes.
 * 2007
 * Recording of the Purcell CD.
 * 2008
 * Released of the Purcell CD, first collaboration with the Mirare Label.
 * 2009
 * Suceeded Participation to la Folle Journée de Nantes.
 * On Tour in Holland and in Japan
 * Released of the Buxtehude CD


 * 2010
 * Recording of the Brossard CD


 * Released of the Jacquet de la Guerre CD (Mirare label)
 * 2011
 * Creation of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme, staged by Catherine Hiegel eand with François Morel (production CADO)
 * Recording of the Henry Lawes CD (label Mirare)
 * Creation of the spectacle Les Mille et une Nuits with Louise Moaty et Bertrand Cuiller
 * Creation of the first part of L’Art du Portrait, concerts cyles and conferences given by the art historian J.P. Guye
 * 2012
 * French On Tour of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme, staged by  Catherine Hiegel and with François Morel – more than 120 representations-
 * Creation of Concerto luminoso, concerts with magical lanterns, lighted by Vincent Vergone
 * On Tour in United States with the H.Lawes program.
 * 2013
 * Revival of the Other World or the States and Empires of the Moon, with Benjamin Lazar, in Theater of Athénée in Paris
 * Collaboration with les Chantres et Pages of the baroc music center of Versailles – Captation for Culture Box.
 * Conventionnaly with the DRAC Centre and the Région Centre
 * 2014
 * Création dof the dance of Zadig, in collaboration with the puppets firms the Theater without roof  (Pierre Blaise)
 * Recording of Airs sacrés à trois voix d’hommes de Purcell, with the tenor Jeffrey Thompson, the baritone Marc Mauillon and the baritone Geoffroy Buffière.
 * Recording of the CD Devotional songs de Purcell, with Jeffrey Thompson, Marc Mauillon et Geoffroy Buffière
 * 2015
 * Release of the CD Trios et Quartets with viola of Telemann (recorded in 2013) et Devotional Songs & Anthems de Purcell (recorded in 2014)
 * On Tour Lawes in Canada (Montréal, Vancouver, Victoria)
 * Beginning of the creation of Jack and the Bean Stalk with Kristof Le Garff
 * Concerts and recording with Pages and Bards from the Baroc Music Center of Versailles
 * Creation of Ancient Music Workshops in Orléans
 * 2016
 * Creation of the spectacle for young public, Jack and the Bean Stalk and og the transversal program Ba-Rock ! about the  anglophone sing from Dowland to Sting.
 * Educational Project : Les Lettres Persanes revisitées made with a class of migrants enrolled in Orléans ( finalist project of the Audacity and Cultural and Artistic Price 2016 – Diversity and Cultural Fondation )
 * Creation of Monsieur de Pourceaugnac avec le Théâtre de l'Eventail (Raphaël de Angelis)
 * Creation of the programme Honi soit qui mal y pense, with the ensemble Doulce Mémoire (Lanvellec Festival)
 * Educational on Tour in Trégor with the Bus Opera (Lanvellec Festival)
 * 2017
 * [Sponsorship of the Patronage Musical Société Générale & Orange Fondation  - Telemann Label 2017 - Médaille d'or de l'Académie Arts Sciences et Lettres]
 * Creation of the Green Hour, absurd cabaret staged by Nicolas Vial and with original compositions by Vincent Bouchot
 * Creation of a program and conference about the Chapels of Charles II et Louis XIV in collaboration with the CMBV and Royaumont Fondation
 * On Tour in Canada – Crazy Day in Ekaterinbourg (Russie)
 * 2018
 * On Tour in Bus Opera in  Région Centre – Val de Loire
 * On Tour Telemann in Canada (British Columbia) –  Crazy days of Nantes and in Varsovie