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Philippe Pierlot

Philippe Pierlot
  • Name: Philippe Pierlot
  • Birthday: 1958-01-01
  • Place of birth: Liège, Belgium
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Biography: Philippe Pierlot (born 1958) is a Belgian viola da gamba player and a conductor in historically informed performance. He is also an academic teacher at the royal conservatories of The Hague and Brussels. Born in Liège, Pierlot learned to play the recorder, the guitar and the lute at the age of twelve. He studied playing the viola da gamba with Wieland Kuijken. In 1980, he founded the ensemble Ricercar Consort, with the violinist François Fernandez and the keyboard player Bernard Foccroulle, focusing on the performance and recording of little-known music in historically informed performance. Several contemporary compositions were dedicated to him. He also plays the baryton, for which... Read More

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Le Concert des Nations (Jordi Savall) - L'Europe du Nord/North Europe 1714 - 1788   as  Basso da Viola 2015-03-28
Music for a Dying King   as  Self - Performer: Bass Viol 1992-03-01