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Pygmalion, a choir and period-instrument orchestra founded in 2006 by Rapha\u00ebl Pichon, explores the filiations that link Bach to Mendelssohn, Sch\u00fctz to Brahms, Rameau to Gluck and Berlioz.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Alongside the canonical works explored by Pygmalion (Bach’s Passions<\/em>, Rameau’s lyrical tragedies, Mozart’s Great<\/em> Mass in C minor<\/em>, Mendelssohn’s Elias<\/em>, Monteverdi’s Vespers<\/em>), the ensemble creates original programs that highlight the links between works while incorporating the spirit of their creation: Mozart & the Weber Sisters<\/em>, Miranda<\/em> (music by Purcell), Stravaganza d’Amore! <\/em>(evoking the birth of opera at the Medici court), Enfers<\/em> (with St\u00e9phane Degout), the cycle Bach en 7 paroles<\/em> (at the Philharmonie de Paris), and Libert\u00e0!<\/em> (retracing the beginnings of Mozart’s dramma giocoso<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pygmalion has created for itself a singular identity within the international musical landscape, thanks to its critical and popular success with challenging projects that often blend the old and the new. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When performing operas, Pygmalion has collaborated with such directors as Katie Mitchell, Romeo Castellucci, Simon McBurney, Aur\u00e9lien Bory, Jetske Mijnssen, Pierre Audi, Val\u00e9rie Lesort and Christian Hecq, Cyril Teste, Cl\u00e9ment Cogitore, and Michel Fau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the artist-in-residence at the Op\u00e9ra National de Bordeaux, Pygmalion has for several years offered Kiosque Pygmalion, a season of chamber music concerts and free educational workshops open to all. In 2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Pygmalion launched the Pulsations festival in Bordeaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pygmalion performs regularly on the biggest stages in France (Philharmonie de Paris, Op\u00e9ra royal de Versailles, Op\u00e9ra-Comique, Op\u00e9ra de Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Toulouse, among others) and internationally (Vienna, Salzburg, Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Hamburg, Dortmund, Berlin, Frankfurt, Essen, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Milan, Naples, Beijing, Hong Kong, and other cities).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pygmalion has been recording for harmonia mundi since 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the awards the ensemble has received: Gramophone Classical Music Awards (United Kingdom), OPER! Awards 2025 and Preis der Schallplattenkritik (Germany), Edison Klassiek Award (Netherlands), Diapason d’Or of the Year, Choc de Classica and Victoire de la Musique Classique (France).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pygmalion is artist-in-residence at the Op\u00e9ra National de Bordeaux. It enjoys the support of the Direction r\u00e9gionale des affaires culturelles de Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Ville de Bordeaux, D\u00e9partement de la Gironde, r\u00e9gion Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Centre national de la musique. Ensemble associated with the Op\u00e9ra-Comique (2023\u20132027), Pygmalion receives support from Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Bailly, the ensemble’s honorary patron. Pygmalion is artist-in-residence at Fondation Singer-Polignac as an associate artist and is a member of the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des Ensembles Vocaux et Instrumentaux Sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s (FEVIS), Sc\u00e8ne Ensemble, and R\u00e9zo MUSA. Fondation d\u2019entreprise Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale and Eren Groupe are patrons of Pygmalion.<\/em>
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Since its creation, Pygmalion has been driven by a collective passion for daring, risk-taking, dedication to the past, belief in the future, friendship, music, tenacity, dreams, pushing boundaries, legacy, curiosity, innovation, independence, and openness to the world! Thanks to increasingly diverse audiences and outstanding partners, everyone at Pygmalion looks to the stars, listens to the sounds of the world, and strives to ensure that music continues to change our lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

P<\/span>ulsations<\/span> F<\/span>estival<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pygmalion launched the Pulsations festival in Bordeaux, an eclectic and ever-changing celebration featuring exceptional concerts and operas in unexpected venues: disused industrial factory, a submarine base, theatres, shopping centres, and more. A true festival-laboratory, Pulsations allows for different experiments exploring the transmission of classical music, placing audacity, emotion, and surprise at the heart of its projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018With Pygmalion, Rapha\u00ebl Pichon constantly strives to bring the great scores into resonance with our times. The search for new sensations is at the heart of the project of a conductor determined not to confine classical music to its niche.\u2019 (Le Figaro,<\/em> Christian Merlin, 2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018A leading light of his generation, Pichon\u2019s music-making is original and highly personal, yet builds impeccably on the rich tradition that underpins it.\u2019  (Gramophone<\/em>, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, 2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018The freshness and bubbling passion that emanate from Pygmalion’s concerts are those of their conductor.\u2019 (Lib\u00e9ration<\/em>, Eric Dahan, 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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