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After six years of family travel around the Atlantic on a catamaran, Jonas Descotte's mind was enriched with discoveries and he started to learn music when he returned to the south of France. Initially an instrumentalist, he began his apprenticeship with the cello. Passionate about Baroque music and singing, he joined Luc Coadou's class as a countertenor. In order to perfect his vocal training, he took courses in organ, Renaissance polyphony, chamber music, choral conducting, and even tango music. He then entered the HEM in Geneva in Nathalie Stutzmann's class in 2016. He participated in the 22nd European Baroque Academy of Ambronay directed by Paul Agnew who later wrote the preface to the first album of Les Argonautes. Jonas also collaborates with various Swiss, French and more widely European ensembles.
Jonas Descotte founded his own ensemble based in Geneva, and is its artistic director: Les Argonautes. The ensemble performs mainly in the Geneva region and collaborates with its actors such as the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Through Les Argonautes and its various programmes, Jonas collaborates with many talented artists. The epic of the Argonauts seems to be a perfect metaphor for the ensemble's policy: heroes of character, strong in their individual exploits, guided by Jason, channelling the resources of each one to form a united and efficient group. |
