Rémy Couvez Explained

Rémy Couvez
Occupation:	Musician, composer
Instrument:	Hurdy-gurdy
Years Active:	1982–present

Rémy Couvez is a French composer and viellist, a musician who plays the hurdy-gurdy.^[1]

Biography

He was introduced to the hurdy-gurdy in 1978, and he started playing the instrument in 1981. Until 2000, he created music combining the hurdy-gurdy with electric instruments. Since then, he's come back to acoustic music.

Concerts

In 1982, he performed his first concert solo.^[2]

He's currently doing concerts with:^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

• Quintet: hurdy gurdy, baroque oboe, harpsichord, sackbut and cello ;
• Duet: hurdy gurdy and pipe organ.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Discography^{[10] [11]}

• 1986: Paysages Intérieurs, self-published
• 1993: Propos Insolites, Buda Musique editions
• 1997: Itinérances, Buda Musique editions
• 2000: Wheeling Dance, Buda Musique editions
• 2008: Confluence, Buda Musique editions
• 2012: Wood Song, Buda Musique editions
• 2014: Vielle et Orgue, Buda Musique editions
• 2018: Quintus Novum, Buda Musique editions

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Short biography. spectacles.fr. 23 August 2016.
2. Web site: Biography. remycouvez.com. 30 July 2016.
3. Web site: Concerts. remycouvez.com. 30 July 2016.
4. Web site: Rémy Couvez, Antoine et Emek : une palette de sonorités originales. ledauphine.com. 22 August 2016. 23 August 2016.
5. Web site: Festival Les Musical'été - Scène Rousseau : Remy Couvez - Annemasse (74). haute-savoie-tourisme.org. 23 August 2016.
6. Web site: Programme Musical'été 2016 .  
7. Web site: Rémy Couvez Plays Johann Sebastian Bach. microsoft.com. 30 July 2016.
8. Web site: Rémy Couvez, vielle à roue et Sylvain Boudou, orgue. budamusique.com. 30 July 2016.
9. Web site: Rémy Couvez and Jean Regnery. www.moucherel.fr. 23 August 2016.
10. Web site: Discography. remycouvez.com. 30 July 2016.
11. Web site: Biography and discography. sonotheque-normandie.com. 23 August 2016.