Florian Carré

Born in Bourges, Florian Carré began his musical education with the piano, then studied the organ with André Pagenel and François-Henri Houbart, the harpsichord with Blandine Verlet and the basso continuo with Frédéric Michel. At the same time, he took singing lessons with Viviane Durand at the Jeune Chœur de Paris directed by Laurence Equilbey and studied 20th and 21st century music analysis with the composer François Leclère, who introduced him to his musical grammar La Courbure du Temps.

From 2004 to 2008, Florian Carré continued his training at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he obtained a Diploma of Higher studies in harpsichord - class of Olivier Baumont, and basso continuo - class of Blandine Rannou. Passionate about teaching and transmission, he joined the teaching program at the CNSMDP.

Since his participation in the Jardin des Voix in 2007 at the invitation of William Christie, he works very regularly with Les Arts Florissants, both as a continuo player, as a conductor and as a musical assistant. He has also performed with other baroque music ensembles as Le Poème Harmonique, Les Paladins or La Simphonie du Marais. He has been invited to the Glyndebourne Festival on several occasions and has participated in various recordings as the Ormindo by Fr. Cavalli (Pan Classics), Firenze 1616 (Alpha) or Lamentazione (Virgin).

Since 2014, he has been editing keyboard-singing reductions of 18th century French cantatas for the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles: La Mort de Didon by M. P. de Montéclair, Orphée by L. N. Clérambault, Héraclite & Démocrite by J.-B. Stuck, La Muse de l’Opéra by L. N. Clérambault, Circé by Collin de Blamont.

His interest in research and art theory has also led him to collaborate on several projects with S. Nancy at the Université de Paris III, notably the recording of a disc for the book La voix féminine et le plaisir de l’écoute, Classiques Garnier, 2012.

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