Sandrine Piau, soprano

Sandrine Piau

A renowned figure in the world of Baroque music, French soprano Sandrine Piau regularly performs with celebrated conductors such as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe Rousset, Gustav Lleonhardt, Ivor Bolton, Ton Koopman, Renรฉ Jacobs, Marc Minkowski and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Ms. Piau embraces both lyric and Baroque repertoires. The roles she has recently performed include Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare) at the Opรฉra national de Paris, Mรฉlisande in Nice and at la Monnaie, ร„nnchen (Der Freischรผtz), Pamina (Die Zauberflรดte) and her debut as Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) at the Thรฉรขtre des Champs-Elysรฉes; the title role of Lโ€™Incoronazione di Poppea in Cologne; Sandrina in a new production of La Finta Giardiniera at La Monnaie, Ismรจne (Mitridate, Re di Ponto) at the Grand Thรฉรขtre de Genรจve and Sophie in Massenetโ€™s Werther at both the Capitole de Toulouse and the Thรฉรขtre du Chรขtelet.

Sandrine Piau regularly appears in concert. In recent years she has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Covent Garden Festival, Musikverein, Parisโ€™ Salle Pleyel, Festival de Saint Denis, Amsterdamโ€™s Concertgebouw, Teatro Communale in both Florence and Bologna and with the worldโ€™s most prestigious orchestras including Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris and Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Piau takes great pleasure in the art of recital.ย  As a singer of both French and German repertoire, she has performed with many renowned accompanists including Jos van Immerseel, Roger Vignoles Corine Durous. She has a privileged relationship with pianist Susan Manoff with whom she recently made recital tours in the USA and in Japan.

Ms. Piau is an exclusive recording artist for Naรฏve. Recent recordings include 2011โ€™s Aprรจs un Rรชve and 2012โ€™s Le Triomphe de lโ€™Amour, which was named Opera Newsโ€™ CD of the Month.

Her next engagements include singing Constance in Le Dialogue des Carmรฉlites at the Thรฉรขtre des Champs Elysรฉes, performing in Alcina at the Paris Opera and appearing in Ariodante at Le Festival dโ€™Aix en Provence.

Sandrine Piau was given the title of Chevalier de lโ€™Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 2006 and was named โ€œLyrical Artist of the Yearโ€ in the Victoires de la Musique Classique award ceremony in 2009.