Christophe Coin

Christophe Coin born 26 January 1958 is a French cellist viola da gamba player and conductor active in the field of historically informed performance He is the cellist of the Quatuor Mosaïques and is the director of the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges Born in Caen Coin studied with Jacques Ripoche At the Conservatoire de Paris he studied cello with André Navarra and graduated in 1974 From 1976 he studied on a scholarship in Vienna He was influenced by Nikolaus Harnoncourt among others From 1978 he studied viola da gamba with Jordi Savall at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis He worked first mainly as a soloist In 1984 he founded the Mosaïques Ensemble and in 1987 the string quartet Quatuor Mosaïques with Erich Höbarth Andrea Bischof and Anita Mitterer all players members of the Concentus Musicus Wien The quartet has performed mostly works of the classical period on period instruments with a focus on less known works After a 2012 concert in New York their playing was reviewed as balancing period instruments and historically informed performance practice with contemporary interpretive impulses like no other Since 1991 Coin has been director of the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges for performances of cantatas oratorio and operas of the 17th and 18th century on period instruments Since 1988 Coin has been a teacher for Baroque cello and viola da gamba at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis He has organised workshops on the building and playing of historic instruments In 1991 he played as part of the soundtrack to the French film Tous les Matins du Monde Coin has recorded some 50 CDs both as a soloist and with ensembles Several of them were awarded prizes He recorded Purcells trio sonatas and Haydns cello concertos with Christopher Hogwood The Quatuor Mosaïques recorded Luigi Boccherinis quintets with Patrick Cohen playing pianoforte Beginning in 1993 Coin conducted and played Bachs ten cantatas with violoncello piccolo within three years at the church of Ponitz Thuringia using its 1737 Gottfried Silbermann organ Some cantatas feature the Leipziger Concerto Vocale some the Chœur de Chambre Accentus all the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges and soloists Barbara Schlick Andreas Scholl Christoph Prégardien and Gotthold Schwarz including Jesu nun sei gepreiset BWV 41 for New Years Day A review notes As the piccolo cello soloist the supremely talented Christophe Coin plays with authority displaying exceptional control of phrasing and dynamics In 2004 he recorded with the Quatuor Mosaiques Haydns six string quartets Op 64 Source Article Christophe Coin from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30