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Chamber choir les éléments |
Director Joël SUHUBIETTE
Founded in 1997, the chamber choir les éléments, conducted by its founder Joël Suhubiette, has in just a few years established itself as one of the leading lights of French choral life. In 2005, the group won the Prix Liliane Bettencourt for choral singing awarded by the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institut de France, and in 2006 they were Ensemble of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique Classique awards.
They have performed at the most prestigious venues in France, and have also been invited to appear in Canada, Lebanon, Spain, Germany, Italy, Greece, Switzerland and Egypt.
They are a finely tuned instrument at the service of contemporary creativity, a champion of the a capella repertoire. They have premiered works by Patrick Burgan, Ivan Fedele, Philippe Hersant, Vincent Paulet, Ton That Tiêt, Zad Moultaka and Alexandros Markeas and have performed Harvey, Berio, Messiaen, Poulenc, Stravinsky, Martin, Britten and Hindemith, as well as oratorio works and the major choral repertoire of past centuries.
Joël Suhubiette is also interested in reinstating the early music repertoire. The chamber choir has sung Bach (B Minor Mass, cantatas, motets), Monteverdi (Vespers of the Blessed Virgin), Schütz and Purcell, Mozart, Haydn and various composers of the French Baroque era. They also perform various pieces of the French and German romantic repertoire. Occasionally they join forces with the ensemble Jacques Moderne from Tours for Baroque repertoire for double choir.
The ensemble is often invited as guests by orchestras and conductors: Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe Rousset, Michel Plasson, Marc Minkowski, Emmanuel Krivine, Philippe Nahon, Jérémie Rhorer, and regularly works with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse during its Toulouse season.
Since 2008, they have been regularly invited to Paris by the Opéra Comique for stage productions.
The les éléments chamber choir is recognised by the Ministry of Culture and Communication – DRAC (Regional Direction of Cultural Affairs) of Midi-Pyrenees and by the Midi-Pyrenees Regional Council; it receives subsidies from the Mayor of Toulouse and the General Council of the Haute-Garonne departement. It is supported by SACEM (musical copyright protection association), SPEDIDAM (Internet copyright protection association), ADAMI (performing rights association), and the Musique Nouvelle en Liberté Foundation.
Since 2001 they have enjoyed a residency at Odyssud (Blagnac), and since 2006 another at the Abbey School of Sorèze.
The 2012-2013 season is sponsored by Société Générale, Toulouse School of Economics, the CCMPRINT-Efi Editions Group and the La Dépêche du Midi Group.