Emmanuelle Haïm, world renowned harpsichordist and conductor

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A specialist in baroque music, a renowned harpsichordist, she is also one of the rare women to be a conductor. Emmanuelle Haïm was the cultural guest of 23 hours, Monday March 21.

Emmanuelle Haïm has reacted to the boycott of Russian musicians like soprano Anna Netrebko following her alleged complacency towards Vladimir Putin. She wants to prevent the systematic boycott. “It would be difficult to do without Russian culture which is magnificent“, she added.

The conductor is at the origin of a new production of Cosi Fan Tutte of Mozart directed by Laurent Pelly which started on Wednesday 9 March. A CD of 20 years A baroque party, vol.2 (Erato) is also foreseen for the month of April. Emmanuelle Haïm has just celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Concert d’Astrée, an early music ensemble that has delighted lovers of baroque music.


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