Sophie Watillon

Sophie Watillon
Sophie Watillon
Born	7 December 1965; Namur, Belgium
Died	31 August 2005 (aged 39); Namur, Belgium
Genres	Early music; Baroque
Occupation(s)	Viola da gamba-player
Instruments	Viola da gamba

Sophie Watillon (7 December 1965 – 31 August 2005) was a Belgian viol player who specialized in Baroque music. She was born in Namur, Belgium to a musical family. During her young life, the viola da gamba-soloist gained international fame with refined and sensitive solo interpretations of Early Music and Baroque compositions for viola da gamba.

At the age of sixteen, she began studying music with Philippe Pierlot in Maastricht, and then further with Wieland Kuijken in Brussels and with Paolo Pandolfo at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basel.

Besides her solo career, Watillon was a permanent member of Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations of Jordi Savall. She played with various ensembles such as Il Seminario Musicale, Cantus Cölln, Le Poème Harmonique, Ricercar Consort, Stylus Phantasticus.

Academic career

Professor, viola da gamba, Catalonia College of Music, Barcelona

Recordings

(labels: Alpha - Summit records - Ligia Digital - Ricercar - Cyprès)

Recordings with Philippe Herreweghe
Numerous recordings with Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall

Recordings with Ricercar Consort

1988 : Deutsche Barock Kantaten (III) (Schein, Tunder, Buxtehude)
1989 : Deutsche Barock Kantaten (V) (Hammerschmidt, Selle Schein, Schütz, Tunder, Weckmann, Lübeck)
1989 : Motets à deux voix of Henri Dumont
1992 : Die familie Bach (with Collegium Vocale and Capella Sancti Michaelis)
1995 : Matthäus Passion (1672) of Johann Sebastiani (Deutsche Barock Kantaten XI)

Recordings done under the direction of Sophie Watillon

1994 : The Art of the Viola bastarda, song and dance in music for viol in Italy
- Ortiz: Improvisations and Recercadas on La Folia, Doulce mémoire, The Passamezzo Antico, The Passamezzo Moderno
- Sandrin: Doulce mémoire
- Ruffa: La Danza, La Piva, La Gamba
- Rore: Ancor che co'l partire
- Dalla Casa: Rognoni
- Bassani: Cosi le chiome
- Bonizzi: Hellas comment
- Selma Y Salaverde: Vestiva i colli
- Corelli: Sonata La Follia, op. 5, no. 12
2000 : Pièces de viole - Pièces de Théorbe of Nicolas Hotman
2003 : Marin Marais - La Rêveuse, & Autres Pièces de Viole

Recordings with Le Poème Harmonique

1999 : L'Humaine Comédie of Estienne Moulinié
2002 : Le Consert des Consorts of Pierre Guédron

Recordings with Stylus Phantasticus

2001 : Zeichen im Himmel of Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

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