Baroque, Loving It and Playing in Jakarta  By webadmin on 05:04
pm May 27, 2012 Category Archive  Katrin Figge  Never heard of
Baroque music? Don’t care much for classical music in general?
An upcoming performance by Le Poeme Harmonique, a chamber
ensemble and orchestra formed in 1998, just might change your
mind.  The ensemble was started by French lutist Vincent
Dumestre, a musician who studied art history and classical
guitar before turning his attention to the lute, Baroque guitar
and theorbo, a plucked string instrument. After participating in
concerts around the world, he decided to help revive early music
by bringing together a group of talented musicians, and Le Poeme
Harmonique was born.  For his efforts and hard work, Dumestre
was named a “Young Talent of the Year” by acclaimed French music
magazine Diaspon in 1999, one year after the ensemble was
formed.  Le Poeme Harmonique uses rare instruments from past
centuries and presents a vocal and instrumental repertoire of
early music, with a special fo