Christophe Coin

Christophe Coin – born January 26, 1958 in Caen, France – is a cellist, gambist, conductor, and educator. He is considered the leading post-Harnoncourt cellist in the early music movement. He has worked with several baroque music ensembles including Hespèrion XX, The Academy of Ancient Music, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, the Baroque Ensemble of Limoges (1991-2013) and Il Giardino Armonico. He studied cello at the Conservatoire de Paris, graduating in 1974. Specializing in the Baroque era, he took courses in 1976 with Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Vienna and, beginning in 1978, he studied with Jordi Savall at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. He began working as a soloist. In 1984, he accompanied dancer Rudolf Nureyev at the Paris Opera, performing Bach's Suite for solo cello Number 3. He founded the Mosaïques Ensemble and string quartet Quatuor Mosaïques featuring Concentus Musicus Wien members Erich Höbarth, Anita Mitterer, and Andrea Bischof. This quartet performed music from the classical era played on period instruments. In 1988, Coin began teaching Baroque cello and viola da gamba at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (Paris) and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Over the course of his career, he as released more than 50 albums including Fantaisies Royales (1980), Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts (1982), Vivaldi: Six Cello Concertos (1989), Brossard: Grands Motets (1997), Le Souvenir (2011), and Vivaldi: Concerti Per Violoncello III (2019).