Jean-François Gardeil

A prizewinner of the Ravel Academy, the Toulouse International Competition (French Melody Prize) and the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, he was first known as a performer of Baroque music and Mozartian repertoire.

He performed the discographic creation of the Darius Milhaud cycle Tristesses (at Maguelone), and recorded the mélodies by Ernest Chausson, Maurice Delage, Guy Sacre, Aubert Lemeland and Henri Sauguet (Timpani).

To his credit, a tour of L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi with Gilles Ragon, Claire Brua and Fernand Bernadi, first stage adaptation of La descente d'Orphée aux Enfers by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and King Arthur by Henry Purcell.

In 2006, Masques, creation by Marc Bleuse, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell with Guillemette Laurens, at Toulouse, Périgueux, Condom and Agen, as well as a new production of Trois coups by Fabien Prou and Monsieur Choufleuri by Offenbach in several cities in the southwest.

Also the staging of Véronique by André Messager, a scenic adaptation of oratorios by Giacomo Carissimi and Marc-Antoine Charpentier in the cathédrale Saint-Caprais d'Agen, and most recently The Magic Flute by Mozart.