Pygmalion

The historical performance ensemble Pygmalion is unusual in having been established as a joint choral-instrumental group. This background has equipped the group not only for choral music of various periods but also for the exploration of little-known operatic repertory. Pygmalion was founded in 2006 by singer-conductor-violinist Raphaël Pichon, who studied at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional and Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and went on to sing countertenor parts under top conductors on the early music scene: Jordi Savall, Gustav Leonhardt, and ...