guillaume CUILLER
Directeur artistique
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Guillaume Cuiller first studied oboe. He graduated from the CNSM in Lyon in 1999 with unanimous honors. He was the principal oboist of the Pasdeloup orchestra for more than ten years and worked with numerous orchestras, such as the Paris Opera and the Paris Chamber Orchestra. At the same time, after having followed the teaching of Marcel Ponseele in baroque oboe at the CNSM of Paris, he joined various early music ensembles.
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He now dedicates most of his work on period instruments by rediscovering the historical repertoire. As an oboist, he regularly collaborates with Les Musiciens du Louvre (Marc Minkowski), Le Concert Spirituel (Hervé Niquet), Artaserse (Philippe Jaroussky), Opera Fuoco (David Stern), Les Inventions (Patrick Ayrton), Pulcinella (Ophélie Gaillard) and Le Banquet Céleste (Damien Guillon)...
Holder of the Certificate of Aptitude for teaching oboe, he teaches at the CRC Maurice Ravel in Levallois.
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By joining Stradivaria, he wants to explore a new repertoire with the orchestra, focusing on the classical period of the early 19th century - a repertoire that has a particular significance on period instruments. Above all, he wishes to reaffirm Stradivaria's commitment to Nantes and its region by working with local partners in order to reach out to all audiences. This role has been held by the ensemble for more than thirty years, while at the same time, the orchestra has been developing its international activities, which also has contributed to the influence of the region.
Artistic direction
daniel CUILLER
Fondateur et codirecteur artistique
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Daniel CUILLER has personally commited to historical repertoires early during his career as a violonist, connecting practice on period instruments, research,
distribution and record production.
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He created the Baroque orchestra of France in 1982, before taking the lead and the artistic direction of Stradivaria, Baroque orchestra from Nantes.
From 1984 and 2012, he became senior Professor of a violon and Chamber music class at the Conservatoire de Nantes. He also taught baroque violin at the Conservatoire de Paris and Sablé's International Academy of Early Music and Dance.
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He was invited to supervise global early music programmes and to host master classes, in Helsinki, Oslo, Rome, Madrid, Calcutta, Taïwan, Beijing, Tokyo for instance. Furthermore, he led Arion Baroque Orchestra of Montreal and directed Jean-Féry Rebel's ballet music, a programme recorded by Early Music which received Opus Prize of the Best Concert and Best Album of 2006 in Montreal.
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His solo discography on period instruments ((Sonates de Fontana, Corelli & Co, Fantaisies de Telemann, Concertos de Leclair, Corrette, Pergolèse) pairs with his numerous recordings achieved at the head of Stradivaria (Universal, Cyprès, K 617, Arion, Mirare) dedicated to early music and acclaimed by critics globally.
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The reproduction of the lyric tragedy of Rebel and Francœur's "Pirame and Thisbé", in collaboration with Angers Nantes Opéra (2007), originates from his historical research at the Bibliothèque National de France (National Library of France). Later on, he wrote music of "Galantes Scènes", toured from 2010 to 2011. He unearth Henry Madin's "Te Deum" (1742), a "World Premiere Recording" included in the discographical collection of Alpha-Château de Versailles. An album which received awards fear its release in 2016, such as "Choc-Classica", "Clic de Classic News" and Télérama's"ffff". More recently, he directed a new production at Château de Versailles Spectacles' request: "La Querelle des Te Deum" (CVS - 2019 label).
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More recently, he directed a new production at Château de Versailles Spectacles' request: "La Querelle des Te Deum" (CVS - 2019 label).
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In 2018, he was awarded the status of Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, for significant contributions to the enrichment of the French cultural inheritance, by the French Minister of Culture, Mrs Françoise NYSSEN.
