Benjamin Lunetta
WIF Secretary
A versatile musician, Benjamin Lunetta leads a career as a lyric artist and teacher. As a countertenor, he has performed with renowned ensembles such as Hervé Niquet’s Le Concert Spirituel and Hugo Reyne’s La Simphonie du Marais in operas and oratorios from the Baroque repertoire on national stages. He sings with Spirito, directed by Nicole Corti, whose eclectic musical output ranging from Bach to contemporary works enables him to perform as soloist, chamber musician or chorister.
Passionate about teaching children and teenagers, he is celebrating twenty years of professional experience as a singing teacher with the choirs of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris (2000-2007), Bouches-du-Rhône (2008-2009), Saint-Jean Primatiale in Lyon (2012-2021) and Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral (2019-2021). He has also taught students at the Centre de Formation des Musiciens Intervenants in Aix-en-Provence. As part of its cultural activities, Spirito has entrusted him with a number of musical education projects for the Festival Berlioz, the Festival d’Ambronay, the Résidence Musique en Isère and prisons, in his capacity as singer, teacher or coordinator. He was regularly invited by the Festival International d’Art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence to direct and stage musical performances for children.
For the past ten years, he has collaborated with the Willems® International Federation. He has been in charge of vocal technique for teachers training for the Willems diploma in France and Spain. For seven years, he also taught vocals to a number of students at the Irigny music school, a Willems® associate school. Since its creation in 2013, he has been in charge of vocals for the Willems® International Choir, students from Willems® schools in Slovenia, Italy, Spain and France, with the participation of RYMEA students.
On September 1, 2020, he becomes Director of the Willems® RYMEA School of Music.
Presentation of Spirito’s “Bach/Allegri”
program, directed by Nicole CORTI.
In this extract, he sings with soprano Magali PEROL DUMORA, with whom he will be leading a vocal technique workshop at RIW.
Presentation of “The Little Chimney Sweep”
by B. Britten
Also edited by Benjamin
Lunetta for WIC.