Virgile Pellerin is a 26-year-old lyric singer, improvisational vocalist and creative artist.
With his countertenor voice, he initially specialized in early and contemporary music. His taste for acting and the stage led him to opera. In March 2023, iel is the Sorceress in Didon et Enée by Purcell, conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón and directed by Marc Lainé for the Philharmonie de Paris. Highly attached to chamber music, iel has formed a duo with pianist Manon Minvielle-Debat since 2022, and in 2024 created an early music ensemble, l’Ensemble Quiebros.
Parallel to his practice as a classical music performer, Virgile Pellerin writes and acts in his own plays and performances: Quelle est ta meilleure peur? in 2022, Les Lieux où je me sens heureux, in 2023. Finally, in 2024, iel is selected by the CNSMDP to be the artist AIMS 2024/2025 and as such benefits from a residency for the creation of his next artistic project: Le Rat, an improvised opera co-written with artist Ariane Bacquet.
Finally, Virgile Pellerin intervenes regularly in theater, as in 2022 when iel proposes for director Aurelia Ivan (Si la Voiture est fétiche, l’accident ne l’est pas) a performance between written music and improvisation. In September 2025, iel will perform at Strasbourg’s festival Musica a musical theater piece by Maëlle Dequiedt and La Phenomena : Une Improvisation sans fin.
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Photography © Lionel Pralus