# Christophe Coin

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{{Short description|French musician and conductor}}
{{Infobox person
| name                = Christophe Coin
| image               = Christophe Coin et ses amis dans la salle Bourgie.jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Coin and [Les Violons du Roy](/source/Les_Violons_du_Roy), at the "Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion" of the [Montreal Museum of Fine Arts](/source/Montreal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts) in 2016
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1958|01|26|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [Caen](/source/Caen), France
| occupation          = {{Plainlist|
* Cellist
* Gambist
* Conductor
}}
| education           = {{Plainlist|
* [Conservatoire de Paris](/source/Conservatoire_de_Paris)
* {{nowrap|[Schola Cantorum Basiliensis](/source/Schola_Cantorum_Basiliensis)}}
}}
| organization        = {{plainlist|
* [Quatuor Mosaïques](/source/Quatuor_Mosa%C3%AFques)
* Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
}}
}}
'''Christophe Coin''' ({{IPA|fr|kwɛ̃|lang}}; born 26 January 1958) is a French [cellist](/source/cello), [viola da gamba](/source/viola_da_gamba) player and conductor active in the field of [historically informed performance](/source/historically_informed_performance). He is the cellist of the [Quatuor Mosaïques](/source/Quatuor_Mosa%C3%AFques) and is the director of the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges.

== Career ==
Born in [Caen](/source/Caen), Coin studied with Jacques Ripoche. At the [Conservatoire de Paris](/source/Conservatoire_de_Paris), he studied cello with [André Navarra](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Navarra) and graduated in 1974. From 1976, he studied on a scholarship in Vienna. He was influenced by [Nikolaus Harnoncourt](/source/Nikolaus_Harnoncourt), among others. From 1978, he studied viola da gamba with [Jordi Savall](/source/Jordi_Savall) at the [Schola Cantorum Basiliensis](/source/Schola_Cantorum_Basiliensis).<ref name="basiliensis" />

He worked first mainly as a soloist. In 1984, he founded the ''Mosaïques Ensemble'' and in 1987 the string quartet ''[Quatuor Mosaïques](/source/Quatuor_Mosa%C3%AFques)''<ref name="basiliensis" /> with Erich Höbarth, Andrea Bischof and Anita Mitterer, all players members of the [Concentus Musicus Wien](/source/Concentus_Musicus_Wien).<ref name="diggines" /><ref name="concoursgeneve" /> The quartet has performed mostly works of the [classical period](/source/Classical_period_(music)) on period instruments, with a focus on less known works.<ref name="basiliensis" /> After a 2012 concert in New York, their playing was reviewed as "balancing period instruments and historically informed performance practice with contemporary interpretive impulses like no other".<ref name="nyt" /> Since 1991, Coin has been director of the ''Ensemble Baroque de Limoges'', for performances of cantatas, oratorio and operas of the 17th and 18th century on period instruments.<ref name="concoursgeneve" />

Since 1988, Coin has been a teacher for Baroque cello and viola da gamba at the [Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique](/source/Conservatoire_National_Sup%C3%A9rieur_de_Musique) in Paris and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.<ref name="basiliensis" /> He has organised workshops on the building and playing of historic instruments.

In 1991 he played as part of the sound-track to the French film ''[Tous les Matins du Monde](/source/Tous_les_Matins_du_Monde)''.

== Selected recordings ==

Coin has recorded some 50 [CD](/source/Compact_Disc)s, both as a soloist and with ensembles. Several of them were awarded prizes. He recorded Purcell's trio sonatas and Haydn's cello concertos with [Christopher Hogwood](/source/Christopher_Hogwood).<ref name="concoursgeneve" /> The Quatuor Mosaïques recorded [Luigi Boccherini](/source/Luigi_Boccherini)'s quintets with [Patrick Cohen](/source/Patrick_Cohen) playing [pianoforte](/source/Fortepiano).<ref name="concoursgeneve" /> Beginning in 1993, Coin conducted and played Bach's ten [cantatas](/source/List_of_Bach_cantatas) with [violoncello piccolo](/source/violoncello_piccolo) within three years at the church of [Ponitz](/source/Ponitz), Thuringia, using its 1737 [Gottfried Silbermann](/source/Gottfried_Silbermann) organ.<ref name="musicweb" /> Some cantatas feature the Leipziger Concerto Vocale, some the Chœur de Chambre Accentus, all the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges and soloists [Barbara Schlick](/source/Barbara_Schlick), [Andreas Scholl](/source/Andreas_Scholl), [Christoph Prégardien](/source/Christoph_Pr%C3%A9gardien) and [Gotthold Schwarz](/source/Gotthold_Schwarz), including [''Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'', BWV 41](/source/Jesu%2C_nun_sei_gepreiset%2C_BWV_41) for [New Year's Day](/source/New_Year's_Day).<ref name="musicweb" /><ref name="performers" /> A review notes: "As the piccolo cello soloist the supremely talented Christophe Coin plays with authority displaying exceptional control of phrasing and dynamics".<ref name="musicweb" /> In 2004, he recorded with the Quatuor Mosaiques [Haydn](/source/Joseph_Haydn)'s six string quartets Op. 64.<ref name="nassif" />

== References ==
<references>

<ref name="basiliensis">{{cite web
| url = http://www.scb-basel.ch/index/111766
| title = Prof. Christophe Coin / Violoncello in alter Mensur (Hochschule SCB)
| publisher = [Schola Cantorum Basiliensis](/source/Schola_Cantorum_Basiliensis)
| language = German
| accessdate = 28 December 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140226151103/http://www.scb-basel.ch/index/111766
| archive-date = 26 February 2014
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="diggines">
{{cite web
| last = Cookson
| first = Michael
| url = http://www.seenandheard-international.com/2011/04/11/quatour-mosaiques-at-wigmore-hall-london-play-haydn-mozart-and-beethoven/
| title = Quatuor Mosaiques at Wigmore Hall, London
| publisher = seenandheard-international.com
| date = 11 April 2011
| accessdate = 28 December 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="nyt">
{{cite news
| last = Smith
| first = Steve
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/arts/music/quatuor-mosaiques-at-the-92nd-street-y.html?_r=0
| title = Vigorous Interpretations of Sounds Both Old and New / Quatuor Mosaïques at the 92nd Street Y
| work = [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)
| date = 22 April 2012
| accessdate = 28 December 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="concoursgeneve">{{cite web
| url = http://www.concoursgeneve.ch/index.php/en/competition/public/jury/473-christophe-coin-france.html
| title = Christophe Coin, France
| publisher = Concours de Genève
| accessdate = 2 January 2013
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130115160606/http://www.concoursgeneve.ch/index.php/en/competition/public/jury/473-christophe-coin-france.html
| archive-date = 15 January 2013
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
.

<ref name="musicweb">
{{cite web
| last = Cookson
| first = Michael
| url = https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Apr10/Bach_Naive_E89111826.htm
| title = Johann Sebastian BACH (1685–1750) / Cantatas
| publisher = musicweb-international.com
| year = 2010
| accessdate = 28 December 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="performers">
{{cite web
| url = https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Performers/Coin.htm
| title = Christophe Coin & Ensemble Baroque de Limoges / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
| publisher = bach-cantatas.com
| accessdate = 28 December 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="nassif">
{{cite web
| last = Nassif
| first = Aline
| url = https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/May04/Haydn_Quartets.htm
| title = Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) / String Quartet Op.64
| publisher = musicweb-international.com
| year = 2004
| accessdate = 28 December 2012
}}
</ref>

</references>

== External links ==
* {{DNB portal|134349059}}
* {{AllMusic|id=mn0000062531}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130425023424/http://www.fondationlaborie.com/index.php/fr/ensemble-baroque-de-limoges/christophe-coin Christophe Coin] Ensemble Baroque de Limoges {{in lang|fr}}
* [https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Coin-Christophe.htm Christophe Coin (Conductor, Violoncello Piccolo)] bach-cantatas.com

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Category:21st-century French conductors (music)
Category:21st-century French male musicians
Category:21st-century French cellists

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