Le Poème Harmonique

Since 1998, Le Poème Harmonique has brought together, around its founder Vincent Dumestre, passionate musicians devoted to the interpretation of 17th and 18th century music. The ensemble’s inventive and demanding programmes are a testament to its enlightened approach to baroque repertoires and to its in-depth work on vocal and instrumental textures.

Familiar with the world’s greatest festivals and venues: Opéra-Comique, Opéra Royal de Versailles, Philharmonie de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, festivals of Ambronay and Beaune, Wigmore Hall (London), NCPA (Beijing), Wiener Konzerthaus, Concertgebouw Brugge, BOZAR (Brussels), Oji Hall (Tokyo), Columbia University (New York), Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Rome), St. Petersburg Philharmonic etc., Le Poème Harmonique is also very engaged in Normandy, the cradle of its numerous creations and where it is in residence. 

 

Recent stage projects include Lully’s Armide, directed by Dominique Pitoiset at the Dijon Opera and the Royal Opera of Versailles, as well as the critically acclaimed production of L’Incoronazione di Poppea with the Academy of the Opéra de Paris premiered at the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris.  

The 2023/2024 season will see a new production of the ensemble’s unique and iconic Carnaval Baroque, an original show at the crossroads between baroque music and the circus arts. 

 

Le Poème Harmonique’s discography includes some fifty recordings that have been regularly acclaimed by the critics and have had great success with the public. Their latest release is on Alpha Classics: Mon amant de Saint-Jean is a portrait of song from the Baroque to the Roaring Twenties with Stéphanie d’Oustrac.   

 

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Le Poème Harmonique is subsidised by the French Ministry of Culture (DRAC of Normandy), the Centre National de la Musique, the Normandy Region, the Department of Seine-Maritime, the City of Rouen and is a partner in the Démos – Philharmonie de Paris project.  

Le Poème Harmonique is in residency at the Singer-Polignac Foundation (Paris) as associate artist. 

For its projects in Normandy region, Le Poème Harmonique receives support from the CAF (Caisse d’allocations familiales).