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Olivier Baumont
12+ albums
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Born: August 15, 1960 - France The French harpsichordist, Olivier Baumont, was awarded two first prizes for harpsichord and chamber music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris in 1981 and 1982, the examiners' decision being unanimous on both occasions. After this, he studied with Huguette Dreyfus and Kenneth Gilbert, and was invited several times by Gustav Leonhardt to take part in his masterclasses in Cologne. Olivier Baumont plays regularly at major festivals in France (Ambronay, the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Evian, Ile-de France, La Roque d'Anthéron, Montpellier, Périgord Noir and Sablé), as well as in many other countries, including Germany, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Spain, the USA, the UK, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Holland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Russia, Slovenia and Switzerland. In addition to this, he has taken part in several radio and television broadcasts for France-Musiques, France-Culture, FR3, M6, Muzzik and Mezzo, Radio Suisse Normande and the BBC. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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La Paix du Parnasse, Sonade en Trio: III. Rondement
2192Les Indes galantes: Air pour les Esclaves africains
1573Handel : Harpsichord Suite No.4 in D minor HWV437 : IV Sarabande
1474Couperin : Quatrième livre de pièces de clavecin, Ordre 25 : V Les ombres errantes
1375Couperin : Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, Ordre 1 : I L'auguste
1256Couperin : Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, Ordre 1 : II Premier courante
1037Couperin : Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Suite No.6 in B flat major : V Les baricades mistérieuses
1008Couperin : Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, Ordre 1 : III Seconde courante
999Purcell : Hornpipe in E minor ZT685
9110Couperin : Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, Ordre 1 : IV La majestueuse
87albums
Couperin : Complete Works for Harpsichord
Apothéoses
Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, portraits en musique
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Le petit livre d'Anna Magdalena Bach
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Handel Edition Volume 10 - Organ & Harpsichord Music
à madame: divertissement pour adelaïde
Couperin : Harpsichord Works
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Purcell Essentials
Un clavecin pour Marcel Proust
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Les plaisirs du clavecin
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Daquin: Oeuvres complètes (orgue J. Boizard à Saint Michel-en-Thiérache)
Purcell Edition Volume 4 : Instrumental Music