Ronan Khalil Conductor, Harpsichordist

Ronan Khalil Conductor, Harpsichordist CV CV PARNASSUS ARTS PRODUCTIONS Ronan Khalil Conductor, Harpsichordist French harpsichordist of Lebanese origin, Ro- Spring Organ Concert Series à Athènes, Grand nan Khalil first studied signing at the Maîtrise Théâtre de Bordeaux, Festival Anima Mundi de Bretagne (dir. Jean-Michel Noël) before stu- à Pise etc), the Middle East, Asia and South dying in Pascal Dubreuil’s harpsichord class at America. In 2013, he appeared in Le Neveu the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional in de Rameau at the Ranelagh Theater with the Rennes. His studies then led him to Manches- actors Nicolas Vaude and Gabriel Le Doze. In ter (Sharon Gould), Siena (Christophe Rousset) 2015, he was invited to conduct the Ensemb- and then The Hague (Fabio Bonizzoni) before le Desmarest in Havana (Cuba), and on that he received his degree at the Conservatoire na- occasion gave masterclasses to the students tional supérieur de musique et danse in Paris at the National Conservatory. In 2016, he has after studying with Olivier Baumont, Blandine once again been invited by the same festival Rannou and Kenneth Weiss. For three years and will perform the harpsichord concerto by he also received the precious advice of harp- Manuel de Falla with the Havana Orchestra sichordist Élisabeth Joyé. At the same time, he conducted by Leo Brouwer. continued his training as a singer alongside Peter Kooj, Christian Immler and Kees-Jan de Ronan Khalil has appeared with countertenor Koning. Max-Emanuel Cencic in recitals and with the Il Pomo d‘Oro in Paris, Münich, Froville, Stras- In 2008, Ronan was awarded the Fondation bourg, and Berlin. Marcelle & Robert Delacour‘s prize and the audience prize at the Festival of Auvers-sur-Oise This year, he recorded the original soundtrack and then, in 2009, the first prize of the Paola of the short film „50 Shades of Greige“ direc- Bernardi International Harpsichord Competi- ted by Meg Harper (Vogue), Matthew Shattuck tion in Bologna. The same year, in Paris, he re- and produced by Nowaness as well as the first ceived the Oriolis-Kriegelstein prize and later album of the Ensemble Desmarest, released was awarded the audience prize at the West- on April 29, 2016 on the B Records label (distr. field competition in Washington (USA) Naïve) Very sought after both as a harpsichordist and a continuo player, he has worked with pres- tigious conductors such as William Christie, Christophe Rousset, Alessandro de Marchi, Laurence Cummings, and Sigiswald Kuijken and has appeared in a great number of festi- vals in Europe (Festival d’Ambronay, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Opéra de Vichy, Handel House Museum à Londres, Festival les Clave- cins de Chartres, Théâtre national de Toulouse, Les Concerts Parisiens - Philippe Maillard, Au- ditorium Lingotto à Turin, Centro Cultural de Belem à Lisbonne, Teatro La Fenice à Venise, 2 CV PARNASSUS ARTS PRODUCTIONS Management Georg Lang Barnabitengasse 5/4 1060 Vienna, Austria T: +43(0) 1 8904151 Photos: Jean-Baptiste Millot E: [email protected] SEASON 2016/17 - WE UPDATE OUR BIOGRAPHIES REGULARLY. 3 PLEASE DO NOT USE PREVIOUSLY DATED MATERIAL..

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