Les Argonautes

The members of the Swiss early music group Les Argonautes take an intensely collaborative approach to their music-making. Les Argonautes was formed by conductor and multi-instrumentalist Jonas Descotte. Les Argonautes is very flexible in its make-up, changing forces according to the needs of individual performance projects. Although Descotte serves as artistic director, programs are devised by various members of the group. Descotte continued to hold the position of artistic director as of the early 2020s. As of early 2023, it has four programs in its repertory, including "Dido & Aeneas," featuring not only that Henry Purcell opera but a set of incidental music pieces by the same composer for a play called Circe. That program formed the basis for the first Les Argonautes album, released in 2022.