Adèle Charvet

Born in Montpellier, Charvet lived in New-York for up to five years.{{cite web|title=Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano, is the guest of Musique Matin|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/l-invite-du-jour/adele-charvet-mezzo-soprano-est-l-invitee-de-musique-matin-70970|website=France Musique|date=16 April 2019|access-date=1 February 2021}}.{{cite journal|language=fr|author=Thierry Hillériteau |title=Adèle Charvet, l'Amérique au cœur |journal=Le Figaro|date=6 December 2019|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/music/adele-charvet-l-americaque-au-coeur-20191205}} She began studying music at the age of six and sang in the choir of {{Ill|Claire Marchand|fr}} then at the Maîtrise de Radio France{{cite web|language=fr|title=Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano|url=https://www.cnlb.fr/bfr/concours/bios/charvet.html|website=Centre international Nadia et Lili Boulanger|access-date=1 February 2021|archive-date=3 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003035848/https://www.cnlb.fr/bfr/concours/bios/charvet.html|url-status=dead}} where she took part at the age of 9, in the choirs, in her very first opera, the musical tale of {{Ill|Julien Joubert|fr}}, La Reine des glaces, in March 2003 in the amphitheatre of the opéra Bastille{{cite web|language=fr|title=Concerts of the season 2002-2003|url=http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/orchestras/maitrise/concerts/fiche_archives.php?saison_id=25070081|website=Maîtrise de Radio France|access-date=1 February 2021}}. In 2008, she joined the {{Ill|conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris|fr}}} where she obtained her {{Ill|diplôme d'études musicales|fr}} with the congratulations of the jury in 2013, before joining the singing classes of Yves Sotin and {{Ill|Élène Golgevit|fr}}{{cite web|language=fr|title=Adèle Charvet|url=https://www.opera-bordeaux.com/adele-charvet-6460|website=Opéra national de Bordeaux|date=3 May 2019|access-date=1 February 2021}} at the Conservatoire de Paris. There, with the soprano Mariamielle Lamagat, the tenor Mathys Lagier and the baritone Edwin Fardini, she founded the vocal quartet "L'Archipel", which is invited in residence at the {{Ill|foundation Singer-Polignac|fr|3=Singer-Polignac Foundation}}{{cite web|language=fr|title=Quatuor vocal L'Archipel|url=https://www.singer-polignac.org/en/residence-musical/artists-in-residence/residents-actuals/1618-quatuor-vocal-archipel|website=Singer-Polignac Foundation]|access-date=1 February 2021}}.

She recorded for {{Ill|Alpha (label)|en|3=Alpha (label)|lt=Alpha Classics}} in February 2019, with Susan Manoff at the piano, a disc entitled Long time ago, which mixes songs by American and British composers.{{cite web|title=Long time ago|url=https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/AJ0556.pdf|website=Chandos|access-date=1 February 2021}}.

On 1 October 2019, while attending a concert given by La Chapelle Harmonique{{cite web|language=fr|title=Home|url=http://chapelleharmonique.com/|website=La Chapelle Harmonique|access-date=1 February 2021}} under the direction of her friend Valentin Tournet at the {{Ill|auditorium de Radio France|fr}},{{cite web|language=fr|title=The Messiah, La Chapelle Harmonique - Tuesday 1 October 2019|url=https://www.maisondelaradio.en/event/event/concert-symphonic-concert/the-messie-la-chapelle-harmonique|website=maisondelaradio.fr|access-date=1 February 2021}} she is called at intermission to replace at the last minute the countertenor David DQ Lee, suffering, in Handel's Messiah{{cite journal|language=fr|title=A spectator replaces at the last minute a soloist in the middle of a concert : "When I started to decipher the score, I made one mistake per bar"|journal=France Info|date=2 October 2019|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/music/music/opera/an-spectator-replacement-at-foot-level-a-soloist-in-the-full-concert-when-I-started-a-decipher-the-partition-I-was-making-an-error-by-measure_3641703.html}}. The intermission is lengthened by twenty minutes to allow her to decipher the score{{cite web|language=en|author=France 2|title=" 8:30 pm on Saturday " - Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald|url=https://www.france.tv/france-2/20h30-le-samedi/1121863-marilyn-monroe-et-ella-fitzgerald.html|website=France.tv|date=14 December 2019|access-date=1 February 2021}} and she received a standing ovation at the end of the concert.{{cite journal|language=fr|author=Erwana Le Guen|title=Y a-t-il un chanteur dans la salle ? Un concert à Radio France sauvé par une spectatrice |journal=Le Figaro|date=2 October 2019|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/y-a-t-il-un-chanteur-dans-la-salle-un-concert-a-radio-france-sauve-par-une-spectatrice-20191002}}.

She was nominated in 2020 at the Victoires de la musique classique{{cite web|language=fr|last=Decalf|first=Guillaume|title=Victoires de la Musique Classique 2020: the list of nominees|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/actualite-musicale/victoires-de-la-musique-classique-2020-la-liste-des-nommes-80263|website=France Musique|date=7 January 2020|access-date=1 February 2021}} in the "Revelation, lyric artist" category.

She composed a noted Mélisande for her role in the Rouen Opera House production broadcast on 26 January 2021 on the Norman TV Channel.{{cite web|url=https://www.operaderouen.fr/saison/20-21/pelleas-et-melisande/|title=PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE|access-date=2021-02-01|archive-date=2021-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201051901/https://www.operaderouen.fr/saison/20-21/pelleas-et-melisande/|url-status=dead}}

Charvet is the daughter of the composer {{Ill|Pierre Charvet|fr}}{{cite journal|language=en|author=Michèle Fizaine |title=Adèle Charvet, a lyrical feat |journal=Midi Libre |date=28 December 2019}} and the sportswoman Nadine Éwanjé-Épée. She considers the poet Frédéric Jacques Temple as her grandfather since the latter had a very long love and artistic relationship with Brigitte Portal, her paternal grandmother.{{cite web |title=Adèle Charvet |url=https://odb-opera.com/joomfinal/index.php/les-dossiers/46-les-chanteuses/329-adele-charvet |date=27 January 2020|website=odb-opera.com}} Her maternal grandfather, Charles Éwanjé-Épée, is a musician and composer of Cameroonian origin.{{cite web |title=Toulouse. Amidonniers : après-midi camerounais avec Charles Ewanje Epée |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/11/25/2691447-amidonniers-apres-midi-camerounais-avec-charles-ewanje-epee.html |date=25 November 2017|website=ladepeche.fr}}{{cite web|title=CHARLES EWANJE EPEE, GÉNIE MÉCONNU |url=https://www.camernews.com/charles-ewanje-epee-genie-meconnu/ |website=camernews.com}}

• 2015 : Prix de mélodie du {{Ill|Centre international Nadia et Lili Boulanger|fr}}{{cite web|language=fr|title=Résultats du Concours international de Chant-Piano Nadia et Lili Boulanger|url=https://www.resmusica.com/2015/11/17/resultats-du-concours-international-de-chant-piano-nadia-et-lili-boulanger/|website={{Ill|ResMusica|fr}}|date=17 November 2015|access-date=1 February 2021}}.{{cite web|language=fr|title=Musique contemporaine - Festival européen Jeunes Talents|url=https://sortir.telerama.fr/concerts/adele-charvet,-florian-caroubi,n4868912.php|website=Télérama|access-date=1 February 2021}}. with pianist Florian Caroubi.
• 2016 : Prix Eugène Pannebakker Lied Duo, Dioraphte Composition Award, Prix de la presse, Prix du jury junior et MAX Young Talent Award, at the International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch{{cite web|language=fr|author=VocalCompetition|title=51st IVC 2016 Lied Duo {{!}} Finals {{!}} Adèle Charvet, Florian Caroubi {{!}} Monique Krüs|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd5-SKh690A|website=YouTube|date=5 December 2016|access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web|language=fr|title=Alle IVC laureaten|url=https://www.ivc.nu/alle-ivc-laureaten|website=International Vocal Competition ´s-Hertogenbosch|access-date=1 February 2021}} avec le pianiste Florian Caroubi
• 2017 : Prix d'honneur au Verbier Festival{{cite web|language=fr|author=Florian Royer|title=La Française Adèle Charvet remporte le prix d'honneur au Verbier Festival|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/musique-classique/un-francaise-remporte-le-prix-d-honneur-au-verbier-festival-36277|website=France Musique|date=8 August 2017|access-date=1 February 2021}}.
• 2019 : Prix Jeune Soliste 2020 of the {{Ill|Les Médias francophones publics|fr}}.{{cite web|language=fr|author=Guillaume Decalf|title=Adèle Charvet et Maya Levy remportent ex aequo le Prix Jeune Soliste 2020 des MFP|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/actualite-musicale/adele-charvet-et-maya-levy-remportent-ex-aequo-le-prix-jeune-soliste-2020-des-mfp-77685|website=France Musique|date=18 October 2019|access-date=1 February 2021}}.

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