Ensemble

Gli Angeli Genève was founded in 2005 by Stephan MacLeod. A variable-geometry ensemble playing on period instruments (or copies of instruments), the ensemble is made up of musicians with careers in the field of Baroque music, but who have the particularity of not only playing early music. This eclecticism guarantees the vitality of their enthusiasm. It is also a driving force behind their curiosity.

Right from the beginning of a musical adventure that for several years concentrated solely on live performances of the complete Bach Cantatas in Geneva, with three concerts per season, Gli Angeli Genève has been the setting for encounters between some of the most famous singers and instrumentalists of the international baroque scene and young graduates of the High Schools of Music of Basel, Lyon, Lausanne and Geneva. 

Internationally acclaimed since its first two recordings in 2009 and 2010, the ensemble now gives more than fifteen concerts a season in Geneva, as part of its Bach Cantatas , a series of annual concerts at Victoria Hall, the annual Haydn-Mozart festival created by the ensemble in 2021, and finally the Chambre des Anges, a new concert series inaugurated in 2022 and dedicated to chamber music.

The ensemble is equally in demand in Switzerland and abroad for performances not only of Bach, but also Tallis, Josquin, Schein, Schütz, Johann Christoph Bach, Weckmann, Buxtehude, Rosenmüller, Haydn, Mozart and others. In recent seasons, Gli Angeli Genève has been in residence at the Utrecht Festival and the Thuringer Bachwochen , and has performed in Basel, Zurich, Lucerne, Barcelona, Nürnberg, Bremen, Stuttgart, Brussels, Milan, Wroclaw, Paris, Ottawa, Vancouver, Amsterdam and The Hague. Gli Angeli Genève is a regular guest at the Saintes and Utrecht Festivals , the Bremen Musikfest and the Vancouver Bach Festival . The ensemble made its debut in 2019 at Lucerne's KKL, and was invited in 2023 to the MA Festival in Bruges , the Besançon Festival and Vézelay . On the occasion of the Haydn-Mozart Festival , Gli Angeli Genève collaborates with guest conductors and artists: Michel Corboz in 2021, Kristian Bezuidenhout in 2022, Philippe Herreweghe in 2023, and Leonardo García Alarcón in 2024.

Gli Angeli Genève's first recording for Claves Records, Musiques sacrées du XVIIe siècle à Wroclaw , won the 2019 ICMA award for best Baroque vocal recording of the year, and Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion has been enthusiastically received by audiences and critics alike, in Switzerland and around the world.

The ensemble's discography also includes Bach's Mass in B , nominated at ICMA 2022, Bach's Cantatas for Bass , and Antoine Reicha's rare Symphonies Concertantes , with soloists Christophe Coin, Davit Melkonyan, Chouchane Siranossianand Alexis Kossenko. Released in October 2022, Mozart's Concertos for flute and orchestra , with Alexis Kossenko (flute) and Valeria Kafelnikov (harp) have been nominated for an ICMA 2023 award in the "Concerto" category. Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion , released in April 2023, Josquin Desprez's  Malheur me bat , and Mezzo Mozart with Marina Viotti, published by Aparté respectively in September 2023 and June 2024, have already won rave reviews from the press and public alike.

Musicians
season 2024-2025

Double Bass

Basse de violon

Archiluth

Violone

Orgue positif et clavecin

Administration