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Dulci Jubilo is a professional vocal ensemble that has been based in Montauban, in the Occitanie region, since 2018. The choir’s conductor and composer, Christopher Gibert, is the driving force behind this project and brings a vision that blends composition and performance. This approach sets Dulci Jubilo apart within the French musical landscape and firmly establishes this emerging ensemble as part of the French choral revival.
In a spirit of ‘sweet joy’, as the ensemble’s name suggests, these performers explore the choral repertoire with sensitivity, a dreamlike quality and precision, pushing aesthetic boundaries and varying musical forms from 8 to 24 singers, whether a cappella or with accompaniment.
The ensemble thrives in programmes that showcase the choir and the organ, in collaboration with the organist Thomas Ospital, a long-standing collaborator of the ensemble and an internationally renowned performer.
Dulci Jubilo’s premieres of major works from the repertoire are already playing an active role in revitalising choral music in France, setting new standards, and establishing a new choral repertoire on the international stage.
“A spellbinding musical dialogue” (France Musique), “a deep immersion in a captivating auditory experience” (Olyrix), five stars from Classica magazine… Recorded on the Anima Nostra label, Dulci Jubilo’s albums, featuring Thomas Ospital on the organ or piano, include *Stabat Mater* (2018, works by Christopher Gibert), “Sheng” (2022, works by Grégoire Rolland) and “Le Souffle de l’âme” (works by Thierry Escaich) have been highly acclaimed by critics.
In 2026, Dulci Jubilo released “Itinérance Sacrée”, a new album on Bayard Musique dedicated to 800 years of sacred choral music, from the Renaissance to contemporary compositions.
Committed to blending music and visual art, the ensemble works closely with director Elliot Storey on the production of music videos in which the listener is transported into poetic and dreamlike worlds.
Dulci Jubilo is in residence at Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey, part of the Centre des monuments nationaux, and is a cultural partner of the Sylvanès Abbey Cultural Centre. These two prestigious venues provide Christopher Gibert and Dulci Jubilo with an ideal setting in which to showcase their voices.
Since 2021, Dulci Jubilo has been collaborating with the baroque orchestra Les Passions, conducted by Jean-Marc Andrieu and also based in Montauban. Building on this fruitful collaboration, the two ensembles will come together in 2027 under the umbrella of Anima Nostra, marking a major milestone in their projects.
Dulci Jubilo is produced by Anima Nostra.
Dulci Jubilo is in residence at Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey, a Centre des monuments nationaux, and is a partner of Sylvanès Abbey.
The ensemble is accredited by the DRAC Occitanie and receives funding from the Occitanie Region, the Department of Tarn-et-Garonne and the municipalities of Montauban and Lamothe-Capdeville.
It is supported by sponsorship from the Caisse des Dépôts, its principal sponsor, the Centre national de la musique, Spedidam, Adami, and numerous patrons and benefactors.
It is also a member of FEVIS, a co-founder of FEVIS Occitanie and a member of Occitanie en Scène.
CHRISTOPHER GIBERT
Artistic Director
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Originally from Lot, Christopher Gibert divides his life as a musician between choir conducting and composition. He studied at the Toulouse and Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatories, where he was unanimously awarded two First Prizes with honours in choir conducting and musical analysis. At the same time, he completed a Master's degree in musicology at Paris IV Sorbonne University on the religious works of Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
He then went on to perfect his conducting skills at the Pôle Supérieur de Rennes in Régine Théodoresco's class. There he benefited from the advice of prestigious conductors such as Pierre Cao, Valérie Fayet, Nicole Corti, Gildas Pungier, Nicolas André, etc. He obtained the State Diploma of Music Teacher and the National Higher Diploma of Musician in choir conducting.
In 2013, Christopher founded the Dulci Jubilo ensemble in Toulouse. He conducts numerous productions nationwide and enjoys collaborating regularly with other conductors and ensembles such as Mélisme(s) (conducted by Gildas Pungier), Les Passions (conducted by Jean-Marc Andrieu) and Matheus (conducted by Jean-Christophe Spinosi).
He is commissioned by various ensembles for the composition of mainly choral works, due to his dual role as creator and choir performer. From 2015 to 2018, he was in residence at the Rocamadour Festival, where he produced several works, including his Stabat Mater (produced by the Anima Nostra label). Ensembles such as the Maîtrise de Toulouse, the Mélisme(s) chamber choir, the Méliades vocal ensemble, the Exosphère ensemble and Comet Musicke, among others, have already placed their trust in him. From 2022 to 2024, he will be composer-in-residence and guest conductor at the Abbaye de Sylvanès - Centre culturel de rencontre.
Christopher Gibert is also artistic director of the Festival de l'abbaye de Beaulieu-en-Rouergue in partnership with the Centre des monuments nationaux.
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OLYRIX
“a spellbinding musical dialogue”
“The Dulci Jubilo Chamber Choir, directed by Christopher Gibert, adds a delicately animated breath.”
“The Dulci Jubilo Chamber Choir combines vocal precision with an almost operatic intensity.”
“its interpretations are as free as they are masterful: a deep dive into a captivating aural experience.”
“organist Thomas Ospital offers a soothing improvisation, a suspended moment in this album that he knows how to nourish with evocative and varied images and deploy in their powerful density. ”
“his interpretations are as free as they are masterful: a deep dive into a captivating aural experience.”
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“Dulci Jubilo finds a fine balance of sound and offers equally fine interpretations in Gregorian as in the complex chords of Christopher Gibert, a composer to watch.”
“Christopher Gibert is only 26, but his Stabat Mater attests that he knows the lessons of all his elders, from Gregorian to Francis Poulenc.”
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THOMAS OSPITAL
A native of the Basque country, Thomas Ospital has been titular organist of the grand-orgue at Saint-Eustache church in Paris since 2015. From 2016 to 2019, he will be the first organist in residence at Maison de la Radio.
His concert career takes him to France and abroad. Improvisation plays an important role in his musical practice; keen to perpetuate this art in all its forms, he notably accompanies silent films.
His first recording is devoted to works by Franz Liszt on the grand-orgue of Saint-Eustache (éditions Hortus, September 2017). Recorded on the organ of the Radio France auditorium, a second album released in January 2018 is devoted to improvisations and works by Johann Sebastian Bach set against Thierry Escaich's Chorals-Études, which he premiered.
Passionate about teaching, Thomas Ospital is regularly asked to teach interpretation and improvisation in masterclasses. Since 2017, he has been professor of keyboard harmonization at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, and since 2021 professor of organ alongside Olivier Latry.
Thomas Ospital began his musical studies at the Bayonne Conservatory with Esteban Landart, and continued them at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he was awarded five first prizes. His teachers included Olivier Latry, Michel Bouvard, Thierry Escaich, Philippe Lefebvre, Fabien Waksman, Isabelle Duha and Pierre Pincemaille.
Winner of several international competitions (Saragossa, Chartres, Toulouse, Grand Prix Florentz de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts), he spent six months as “Young artist in residence” at the Cathedral Saint Louis King of France in New Orleans, USA.
M U L T I M E D I A
Le Tombeau de Clémence Isaure, ode à la ville de Toulouse - composition by Christopher Gibert.
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Chamber Choir Dulci Jubilo
Direction Christopher Gibert
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Label Anima Nostra
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Filmed in March 2021 in Toulouse
Air à boire Programme Music at the time of Louis XIII
in-house recording for the 400th anniversary of the 400 coups de Montauban festival
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Chamber Choir Dulci Jubilo
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Les Passions Orchestra
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Direction : Jean-Marc Andrieu & Christopher Gibert
3rd Motet by Thierry Escaich - recording at the Rocamadour Festival - August 2021
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Chamber Choir Dulci Jubilo
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Direction Christopher Gibert
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Organ Thomas Ospital
Salve Regina, commissioned for the inauguration of the Rocamadour organ - composition by Christopher Gibert.
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Chamber Choir Dulci Jubilo
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Direction Christopher Gibert
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Organ Thomas Ospital
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Soprano solo Clémence Garcia
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Label Anima Nostra
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Filmed in March 2021 in Toulouse
Stabat mater - produced with the support of Spedidam
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Chamber Choir Dulci Jubilo
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Direction Christopher Gibert
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Organ Thomas Ospital
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Soprano solo Clémence Garcia
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Baryton solo Philippe Estèphe
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Label Anima Nostra
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Filmed in March 2021 in Toulouse