Stéphan Perreau
Stéphan Perreau (born 1969) is a French contemporary musician and art historian. Biography. A holder of a master's degree in art history and early modern period, Perreau studied at the University of Rouen, the Bordeaux Montaigne University and the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès. He is a specialist on painter Hyacinthe Rigaud to whom he devoted a monograph published in 2004. A baroque flautiste and viol player, graduated from the Conservatory of Toulouse and the Conservatoire de Paris, he participated in the revival of the composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier thanks to a close collaboration with Hervé  Niquet, which led to a performance at the Opéra Comique of "Don Quichotte chez La Duchesse", from a libretto by Favart. He devoted two recordings to Boismortier as well as a monograph, the first one about this composer, in 2002 (). Principal publications. Stéphan Perreau is preparing publication of a catalog of the work of Jean Ranc.