Le Concert des Nations in Berlin

Le Concert des Nations is a Spanish period-instrument orchestra founded in 1989 by Catalan viola da gamba player and conductor Jordi Savall. The ensemble performs Baroque, Classical and early Romantic repertoire using historically informed practice, and its recordings include works by Charpentier, Bach, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Its name comes from François Couperin’s collection Les Nations. In 2002, the orchestra performed Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo under Savall at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, a production preserved on film. In 2019, Savall began the Beethoven Révolution academy and concert project, bringing young professional musicians into the ensemble for performances and recordings of all nine symphonies. The orchestra plays on instruments appropriate to each work’s period under Savall’s direction. Its vocal and staged projects frequently bring it together with La Capella Reial de Catalunya.