Jean-Christophe Spinosi (born September 2, 1964) is a French conductor and … Read Full Bio ↴Jean-Christophe Spinosi (born September 2, 1964) is a French conductor and violinist, the founder of Quatuor Matheus (1991), a group that later grew into Ensemble Matheus. He is especially well-known for his interpretation of the instrumental and vocal music of the Baroque, most notably the operas of Vivaldi. Recently he has also conducted successful performances of Mozart and Rossini.

Spinosi has conducted many vocal works featuring singers such as Verónica Cangemi, Sara Mingardo, Jennifer Larmore, Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Nathalie Stutzmann, Marjana Mijanovic, Lorenzo Regazzo, Philippe Jaroussky, and Matthias Goerne.

He has appeared as soloist and director with Ensemble Matheus at the major festivals and venues in France (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Théâtre du Châtelet, Opéra de Paris, Toulouse's Grands Interprètes, Festival d'Ambronay, du Vieux Lyon), and around the world: in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Vienna (Konzerthaus, Theater an der Wien), Brussels (Palais des Beaux Arts), New York (Carnegie Hall), Edinburgh (Usher Hall), Prague (Smetana Hall), in Madrid, Turin, Parma and Naples.

Jean-Christophe Spinosi was appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture in 2006. He has also received "Best Opera Conductor 2007" by the Académie du disque lyrique. The awards received for his recordings include the Diapason d'Or, Choc de l'année du Monde de la Musique, Premio internazionale del disco Antonio Vivaldi in Venice, Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros, Prix Caecilia in Belgium, Victoire de la Musique Classique, and the BBC Music Magazine Award for 2006.