Sandrine piau biography

French soprano

Musical artist

Sandrine Piau (born 5 June ) is a French soprano. She is particularly renowned in Baroque music although also excels in Romantic and modernistart songs.

She has the versatility to perform works from Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart to Schumann, Debussy, and Poulenc.

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In addition to an active career in concerts and operas, she is prolific in studio recordings, primarily with Harmonia Mundi, Naïve, and Alpha since

Biography

Born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, she initially studied harp and turned to singing at the Conservatoire de Paris.

After meeting William Christie, she commenced her exposure to Baroque music and their collaboration notably at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. She proceeded further vocal studies with Rachel Yakar and René Jacobs.

She collaborated with many of the leading European conductors of the Baroque revival, including Marc Minkowski, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul McCreesh, Alan Curtis, Christophe Rousset, René Jacobs, and Fabi