The French counter-tenor, Pascal Bertin, began his singing carrier at the age of 11 years old with the Choeur d' Enfants de Paris, conducted by Roger de Magnee, with whom he performed as a soloist around the world conducted among others by Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, and Sir Georg Solti. In 1988 he received, as a student of William Christie, the first prize for interpretation of baroque music from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. As an opera and oratorio interpreter, Pascal Bertin has performed with conductors such as Jordi Savall, Christophe Rousset, Philippe Herreweghe, Marc Minkowski, John Eliot Gardiner, Sigiswald Kuijken, Konrad Junghänel and Thomas Hengelbrock. He also enjoys an extensive carrier singing with various leading ensembles performing music of the middle-ages and the renaissance. Among these ensembles were the Huelgas Ensemble, Mala Punica, Clément Janequin, Daedalus and Gilles Binchois. Engagements for 2004/5/6 include among others; Cantatas of J.S. Bach in concerts with the Academy of Ancient Music, the role of the Monk in Rob Zuidam’s Rage d’amour at the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam, the title role in Scarlatti’s Cambise at the Opera of Nice, Zelenka’s Gesu al Calvario with Il Fondamento Belgium, the alto arias in St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) with the Nederlandse Bachvereniging as well as concerts and CD recordings with Bach Collegium Japan. Opera roles performed by Pascal Bertin include, among others, Clovis in Caldara’s La Co

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