Les Passions de l'Ame in the eye of the critics
The CD "Schabernack" by the Bernese ensemble Les Passions de l'Ame, which combines humorous Austrian works, is on the longlist for the German Record Critics' Award.
The German Record Critics' Award is an independent association of currently 156 music critics and journalists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Once a year, they award the German Record Critics' Prize, up to 14 annual prizes from various musical genres for the best productions of the past year, which are selected by a jury-wide committee. The current longlist includes the new CD by Les Passions de l'Ame in the chamber music category.
The members of Les Passions de l'Ame are internationally active specialists in early music and work as soloists, chamber musicians and orchestral musicians as well as lecturers for institutions such as the Fribourg Baroque Orchestra, the Belgian Baroque Orchestra Ghent B'Rock, the Antwerp Conservatory and the Bern University of the Arts. The conductor and concertmaster is Meret Lüthi, who was born in Bern.
