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René Jacobs (born October 30, 1946, Ghent
Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region, Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys River and became in the Middle Ages one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe....
) is a Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 (Flemish) musician. He came to fame as a countertenor
Countertenor

A countertenor is a male voice type whose vocal range is equivalent to that of a contralto, mezzo-soprano or a soprano, usually through use of falsetto, or more rarely the normal or modal voice....
 but in recent years has become renowned as a conductor
Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
 of Baroque and early Classical opera. His recordings have won numerous awards, including the Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
 for "Best Opera", Gramophone 's "Record of the Year", and numerous European awards.

Jacobs began his musical career as a boy chorister at the Cathedral of Ghent.






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René Jacobs (born October 30, 1946, Ghent
Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region, Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys River and became in the Middle Ages one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe....
) is a Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 (Flemish) musician. He came to fame as a countertenor
Countertenor

A countertenor is a male voice type whose vocal range is equivalent to that of a contralto, mezzo-soprano or a soprano, usually through use of falsetto, or more rarely the normal or modal voice....
 but in recent years has become renowned as a conductor
Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
 of Baroque and early Classical opera. His recordings have won numerous awards, including the Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
 for "Best Opera", Gramophone 's "Record of the Year", and numerous European awards.

Jacobs began his musical career as a boy chorister at the Cathedral of Ghent. Later he studied classical philology at the University of Ghent while continuing to sing in Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
 and in The Hague
The Hague

The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
.

The Kuijken
Kuijken

Kuijken is a Dutch language surname. It may refer to:A Belgian family of musicians:*Barthold Kuijken - player of the baroque flute*Sigiswald Kuijken - conductor and player of the baroque violin...
 brothers, Gustav Leonhardt
Gustav Leonhardt

Gustav Leonhardt is a highly acclaimed Netherlands keyboard player, Conducting, musicologist, teacher and editor. Leonhardt has been a leader in the movement to perform music on period instruments....
 and Alfred Deller
Alfred Deller

Alfred Deller CBE , an England singer, was one of the main figures in popularizing the use of the countertenor voice in renaissance music and Baroque music....
 encouraged him to pursue a career as a countertenor
Countertenor

A countertenor is a male voice type whose vocal range is equivalent to that of a contralto, mezzo-soprano or a soprano, usually through use of falsetto, or more rarely the normal or modal voice....
, and he quickly became known as one of the best of his time. He recorded a large amount of less-known Baroque music by such composers as Antonio Cesti
Antonio Cesti

Antonio Cesti , known today primarily as an Italy composer of the Baroque music era, he was also a singer , and Organ . He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generation"....
, d'India
Sigismondo d'India

Sigismondo d'India was an Italy composer of the late Renaissance music and early Baroque music eras. He was one of the most accomplished contemporaries of Claudio Monteverdi, and wrote music in many of the same forms as the more famous composer....
, Ferrari, Marenzio, Lambert, Guédron and others. He also sang in much-acclaimed recordings of the major works of Bach (such as the St. Matthew Passion led by Leonhardt
Leonhardt

Leonhardt is a surname and may refer to:*Fritz Leonhardt , German civil engineer*Gustav Leonhardt , Dutch musician*Wolfgang Leonhard , German political author, publicist, and historian...
 and Herreweghe).

More recently, as a conductor, Jacobs has recorded numerous operas and sacred and secular works of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. His recording of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro is especially renowned, having won such awards as Gramophones Record of the Year for 2004, "Le Monde de la Musique"'s Choc of the Year for 2004, a Grammy Award for "Best Opera recording of 2005", and two MIDEM
Midem

is the world's largest music industry trade fair, which has been held annually at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, since 1967. Bringing together musicians, businesspeople, cultural policy makers, and journalists from many countries, it provides a forum for business talks, discussing political and legal issues, and showcasing new artist...
 Classical Awards in 2004. Other award-winning recordings include Handel
HANDEL

HANDEL was the code-name for the United Kingdom's National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. It consisted of a small console consisting of two microphones, lights and gauges....
’s Rinaldo
Rinaldo

Rinaldo might refer to:*Renaud de Montauban , a chanson de geste hero*Rinaldo , a 16th century Italian poem by Torquato Tasso*Rinaldo , an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel...
 (Cannes Classical Award, 2004), and Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten (Diapason d’Or of 2005). The partial discography below lists some of the many other awards won by Jacobs' recordings.

Jacobs regularly conducts such orchestras and ensembles as the Concerto Köln, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is a British authentic performance orchestra. The OAE is a resident orchestra of the Southbank Centre, London, and associate orchestra at Glyndebourne Festival Opera....
, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Freiburger Barockorchester
Freiburger Barockorchester

Freiburger Barockorchester is an orchestra originally founded "to enliven the world of Baroque music with new sounds." The orchestra, based in Freiburg, Germany now also performs works by later composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert and Carl Maria von Weber as well as contemporary music....
, Nederlands Kamerkoor and RIAS-Kammerchor for recordings and concert tours. In 1992, the Berlin State Opera
Berlin State Opera

Staatsoper Unter den Linden is a prominent Germany opera company. Its permanent home is the Opera House on the Unter den Linden boulevard in Berlin....
 invited Jacobs to conduct.

In 1991, Jacobs was appointed artistic director of the opera programs at Innsbruck
Innsbruck

Innsbruck is the Capital of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. It is located in the Inn River Valley at the junction with the Wipptal , which provides access to the Brenner Pass, some 30 km south of Innsbruck....
's Festwochen der Alten Musik (Innsbruck Festival of Early Music). He also teaches the interpretation and the Baroque singing style at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

Partial discography as a conductor


  • Bach - Mass in B Minor
  • Bach - Christmas Oratorio (Choc du Monde de la Musique; ClassicsToday.com)
  • Bach - The Motets (award: Diapason d'or)
  • Bach - Secular Cantatas
  • Blow - Venus and Adonis
  • Buxtehude - Membra Jesu Nostri
  • Caldara - Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (awards: Gramophone Award; Diapason d'or)
  • Cavalli - La Calisto
    La Calisto

    La Calisto is an opera by Francesco Cavalli with a libretto by Giovanni Faustini. The libretto was published in 1651 by Giuliani and Batti....
     (awards: Cannes Classical Award; Diapason d'or)
  • Cesti - Cantatas
  • Charpentier -Leçons de Ténèbres du Jeudy Sainct
  • Charpentier - Salve Regina
  • Couperin - Leçons de Ténèbres
  • Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice
    Orfeo ed Euridice

    Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck based on Orpheus, set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the azione teatrale, meaning an opera on a mythological subject with choruses and dancing....
     (awards: Cannes Classical Awards)
  • Handel - Giulio Cesare
    Giulio Cesare

    Giulio Cesare in Egitto is an Italian language opera in three acts written by George Frideric Handel in 1724. The libretto was written by Nicola Francesco Haym....
  • Handel- Messiah
    Messiah (Handel)

    Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto by Charles Jennens. Composed in the summer of 1741 and premiered in Dublin on the 13 April 1742, Messiah is Handel's most famous creation and is among the most popular works in Western choral literature....
  • Handel - Rinaldo
    Rinaldo

    Rinaldo might refer to:*Renaud de Montauban , a chanson de geste hero*Rinaldo , a 16th century Italian poem by Torquato Tasso*Rinaldo , an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel...
     ((awards: Cannes Classical Award)
  • Handel- Saul
    Saul

    Saul or Shaul may also refer to:...
     ((awards: Editor's choice Gramophone; Choc du Monde de la musique; BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month (October 2005))
  • Handel - Xerxes
    Xerxes

    Xerxes may refer to these Persian kings:*Xerxes I of Persia, reigned 485–465 BC, aka Xerxes the Great*Xerxes II of Persia, reigned 424 BC...
     - (awards: Choc du Monde de la Musique; Diapason d'or; Un événement Télérama (ffff))
  • Haydn - The Seasons (awards: Choc du Monde de la Musique; Edison Classical Music Award; Gramophone Award)
  • Haydn - Symphonies 91 and 92 (awards: Choc du Monde de la Musique; Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik; Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik)
  • Keiser- Kroesus (awards: Edison Classical Music Award; Diapaison d'or)
  • Monteverdi - L'Orfeo (awards: Choc 2006)
  • Monteverdi - Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (Diapason d'or; Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik)
  • Monteverdi - L'incoronazione di Poppea
  • Monteverdi - Vespro della beata Vergine
  • Monteverdi - Madrigals
  • Mozart - Così fan tutte (Cannes Classical Awards; Diapason d'or; Edison Classical Music Award)
  • Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro (awards: 47th Grammy Award; Choc du Monde de la Musique; Edison Classical Music Award; Gramophone Record of the Year 2004; Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik
  • Mozart - La clemenza di Tito (awards: Critics award at the Brits Classics 2007; 10 de Classica-Répertoire; Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik; Un événement Télérama (ffff)
  • Mozart - Don Giovanni (awards: Gramophone Record of the Month, October 2007; Classics Today 10/10)
  • Mozart - Symphonies Nos. 38 and 41 (awards: 10 de Classica-Répertoire; Diapason d'Or Arte
  • Pergolesi - Stabat Mater
  • Purcell - Dido and Aeneas; (awards: Editor's choice Gramophone; Un événement Télérama (ffff)
  • Scarlatti, A. - Il primo omicidio (overo caïn) (awards: Diapason d'or; Editor's choice Gramophone; Gramophone Award; Le Timbre de Platine
  • Scarlatti, A. - Griselda (awards: 10 de Répertoire; Diapason d'or; Le Timbre de Platine)
  • Schutz - Christmas Oratorio (awards: Diapason d'or; Un événement Télérama (ffff))