A renowned figure in the world of Baroque music, French soprano Sandrine Piau performs regularly with such celebrated conductors as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe Rousset, Gustav Leonhardt, Sigiswald Kuijken, Ton Koopman, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski, Fabio Biondi, Michel Corboz, Josep Pons and Louis Langrée.

Ms Piau embraces both the lyric and baroque repertoire, and performs roles such as Pamina from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Titania from Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Servilia from Gluck’s La Clemenza di Tito.

Previous engagements have taken her to the Grand Théâtre de Genève for the role of Ismène in Mitridate, Re di Ponto. She has also been to the Théâtre des Champs Elysées to sing Pamina, Servilia, Aennchen in Weber’s Der Freischütz. At the Théâtre du Châtelet, she sang Ismène, Nerine in Rameau’s Les Paladins and Wanda in Offenbach’s La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein.

Ms Piau has been invited by Opéra National de Bordeaux to sing, Teatro Lirico di Calgiari to sing Pamina, by both Opéra de Montpellier and the Dresden Festival to sing in Handel’s Xerxes (Rousset/Hampe), Drottningholm Festival to sing Asteria in Handel’s Tamerlano (Rousset/Audi) and Bayersiche Staatsoper and Opéra National de Bordeaux to sing Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail.

Recent productions include Nanetta from Verdi’s Falstaff at Grand Théatre de Bordeaux, Atalanta at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Sophie in Massenet’s Werther at both the Capitole de Toulouse and the Théâtre du Châtelet. Projects include Dalinda in Ariodante at the Théâtre Champs Elysées and at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Pamina at La Monnaie Brussels, Titania at the Opéra National de Lyon.

Ms. Piau appears regularly in concert. In recent years she has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Covent Garden Festival and Montreux Festival, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Teatro Communale in Florence, Teatro Communale di Bologna, and with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestre de Paris.

Sandrine Piau takes great pleasure in the art of recital. As a singer of both French and German repertoire, she has performed with many renowned recital accompanists, such as Jos van Immerseel, Susan Manoff, Myung-Whun Chung, Georges Pludermacher, Roberto Negri, Billy Eidi, David Selig, Christian Ivaldi, Alexandre Tharaud, Jérôme Hantaï and Corine Durous. Recital appearances include Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris and the Festival du Printemps des Arts in Monte-Carlo.

Ms Piau has an exclusive collaboration contract with the record company Naïve. Her disc of Mozart Arias, accompanied by the Freiburger Barockorchester met an extremely enthusiastic critical response and was awarded the Prix Charles Cros. Her second album on the Naïve label, Debussy Mélodies, accompanied by Jos van Imserseel, was awarded the ‘Prix Ravel’ at the Orphée Awards in Paris. A selection of Handel’s Arias with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques was awarded Editor’s Choice by Gramophone in January 2005 and won the Stanley Sadie Handel Recording Prize 2005. Recently she received the Chevalier de l’Ordre des arts et des lettres from the French Ministry of Culture.