Born in Guadeloupe, Yannis François is a French-Swiss bass-baritone and dancer. He began his artistic career as a member of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne and later graduated from the Haute-École de Musique de Lausanne with a Master’s degree in singing. His staged roles include Don Giovanni, Don Alfonso, Eight songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell Davies, El Cimarrón by Henze and recently Le Matelot in Alcione by Marin Marais in Opéra Comique de Paris with Jordi Savall. He has an affinity for projects that mix all kinds of artforms and mediums and is always looking to push his performance limits using his diverse skills. Yannis is equally passionate about discovering and researching manuscripts and forgotten music of various periods and bringing them back to life; he has created recital programmes for solo albums by artists such as Jakub Józef Orliński and Julie Fuchs.
www.yannisfrancois.com
EQ CONCERTS 2021/22
L’Instant Lyrique Recital
September 2021
Mozart Requiem
April 2022
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
EQ CONCERTS 2019/20
MOZART Requiem
24, 27, 28 March 2020
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
EQ CONCERTS 2018/19
Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress
25, 26 March 2019
LUDWIG Orchestra
Klara Festival, La Monnaie/De Munt