France mourns an early music pioneer

France mourns an early music pioneer

RIP

norman lebrecht

August 18, 2022

Tributes are coming in for Kader Hassissi, co-founder 40 years ago of the Festival d’OpĂ©ra Baroque at Beaune and one of France’s early enthusiasts for pre-classical music.

Kader died on Monday of the effects of Covid-19, which he contracted earlier this summer. He was 72.

 

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