Founded in 1982 by Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre revives baroque, classical and romantic repertoires with period instruments.  Over the past forty years, the orchestra has made a name for itself revisiting works by Handel, Purcell and Rameau, as well as Haydn and Mozart, and more recently Bach and Schubert. He is also known for his interpretation of 19th century French music: Berlioz, Bizet, Massenet, Offenbach.

After a rich anniversary season, whose highlights were a Handel-Gluck gala and the Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy at the Royal Opera of Versailles, but also Offenbach's La Périchole in Paris and Mozart's Mitridate at the Staatsoper in Berlin, the season 2023/2024 will see Les Musiciens du Louvre debut at Milan's Teatro alla Scala in a concert version of Handel's Alcina, with Magdalena KOZENA in the title role.  In the Italian oratorio repertoire (La Resurrezione by Handel, in Aix-en-Provence and Hamburg) and in Viennese operetta (La Chauve-Souris by Johan Strauss at the Teatro Real in Madrid and at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées), Marc Minkowskiwill bring together exceptional vocal casts, giving young singers an opportunity.  Under his baton, the orchestra will also present Handel's complete Concerti grossi op. 3 and an exceptional recital with Marina VIOTTI at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.

After 3 successive albums dedicated to Mozart, with his Mass in C minor (Pentatone, 2020), his 5 violin concertos with Christoph Koncz (Sony Classical, 2020) and his first opera Mitridate (Warner Classics, 2021), followed by a Rameau anthology with baritone Florian SEMPEY (Château de Versailles Spectacles, 2022), the next Les Musiciens du Louvre album will be released on the Pentatone label in February 2024 (Handel's Alcina).

Les Musiciens du Louvre is supported by the French Ministry of Culture, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Council and corporate and individual sponsors. Deloitte France & Afrique francophone supports its 2023-2024 season.