Harpsichordist, organist and conductor, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas trained at the CNSM in Lyon and Paris with masters such as L. Robilliard, F. Espinasse or B. Rannou. Winner of numerous international competitions (Silbermann, Florentz, Xavier Darasse, etc.), he was named ‘Echo-organist of the year’ in 2013. He gives recitals in Europe and the United States, and has made several critically acclaimed recordings (Bach and Friends, Visages impressionnistes, Soleils couchants, Mozart, Harmonia Mundi). Founder and director of the ensemble Les Surprises, he is working to rediscover forgotten scores from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, such as Issé and Destouches’ Les Éléments. Artist-in-residence at Royaumont (2015-2018), he also collaborates with conductors such as Hervé Niquet, and leads singular projects such as his transcription for organ of Dutilleux’s Symphony No. 1.

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