Les Vocalistes Romands & Renaud Bouvier
Biography Les Vocalistes Romands & Renaud Bouvier
Les Vocalistes Romands
is a vocal ensemble of about thirty singers whose reputation is due in part to their programmes, which like to get off the beaten track of the repertoire usually performed by choirs. They work with eclectic pieces that favour the spirit of chamber music: a cappella works, or works with piano, string quartet or even small instrumental ensembles. Bach, Brahms, Liszt or Schubert rub shoulders with Martin, Poulenc, Kodaly, Wolf, Messiaen, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Gretchaninov, Stravinsky, Schnittke, Pärt, Kalinnikov, to name but a few.
Alongside large-scale projects with orchestra, such as the two times two Bach Passions (2016), the creation at Lausanne Cathedral and for Espace 2 of Valentin Villard's Fresque poétique I and the revival of Michel Hostettler's Naissance de la Lumière (2017, in collaboration with the OCL and the Chœur de la Cité de Lausanne), as well as Bach's Christmas and Easter Oratorios (2018-2019), the Vocalistes Romands also propose concert forms in which the music is enhanced by the venue in which it is performed, such as "Lumières d'hiver" (2015), "Lumières d'été" (2016) and "A demi-mot" (2017-2018).
Renaud Bouvier
is an independent choral and orchestral conductor with extensive experience in choral conducting since 2003. Trained as a conductor, after studying bassoon, singing, musical analysis and orchestration, and active for twenty years in publishing and university literary research, he likes to approach the repertoire with curiosity and rigour. In 2023, he is at the head of four choirs: Académie vocale de Suisse romande (professional), Chœur de la Cité de Lausanne, (oratorio), Les Vocalistes Romands (chamber), Cantabile, chœur symphonique du canton de Neuchâtel (symphonic).
