Robert Expert

After winning several distinctions in international competitions (Scala in Milan, Grand Prix d'Oratorio in Clermont-Ferrand, Van Wassenaer in The Hague, etc.) and a Premier Prix from the CNSM in Paris with Rachel Yakar, Robert Expert, countertenor, has sung throughout Europe and as far afield as Canada and Japan with the finest orchestras, baroque and contemporary opera, musical theatre, oratorio, as well as in recital and chamber ensembles. He is the dedicatee of a large number of premieres. 

His twenty or so recordings include a Vivaldi/Haendel recital named best Baroque vocal recording by the Académie du disque lyrique in 2006, the title role in Porpora's Orlando, a compilation of arias by the most famous countertenors for Decca, and recreations of 17th-century arias with the early music ensemble La Primavera... 

Robert Expert has been a guest on several television and radio programmes, including Eve Ruggieri's Musiques au Coeur, and a cultural programme on France 2 with Patricia Petibon... 

Teaching is his deepest passion: holding a CA, he has taught for over 25 years in master classes (several times a year in Spain, for the last 18 years at the Festival des Arcs, the CMBV, La Chaise-Dieu, etc.) or in conservatoires (lyric singing at the CRR in Paris, the CRD in Bobigny, vocal acoustics at the CNSMDP); he has been professor of baroque singing at the CNSMD in Lyon since September 2017, and professor of lyric singing at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles since September 2023. 

He holds a Diploma in Musical Acoustics from the CNSMD in Paris, and takes part in scientific research protocols on the voice, giving numerous lectures on vocal acoustics, pedagogy and certain historical and musicological themes. A scientific expert at La Voix, l'exposition qui vous parle at the Cité des Sciences in Paris, Robert is one of the authors of the book La voix chantée - Entre sciences et pratiques, edited by Nathalie Henrich and published by De Boeck-Solal. He has been recruited by the CNFPT in 2020 to provide distance learning for singing teachers (FOREMI) and in 2022 to teach singing at Pôle Sup 93 (DE training).