Jérémie Rhorer - conductor, composer
"A man born for the theatre!" LE FIGARO
The young conductor Jérémie Rhorer has been named Discovery of the Year 2008 by the French critics. Wherever he performs, he is praised for his theatrical sensibility, his subtle musicality, and his excellent technique.
Born in Paris in 1973, Rhorer studied harpsichord, theory and composition at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris. He assisted Marc Minkowski and William Christie at a young age. At 21, he formed the contemporary music ensemble Les Musiciens de la Prée. In 2005, together with violinist Julien Chauvin, he founded Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, an orchestra which performs on period instruments and focuses on the music of the late 18th century.
In 2006, Jérémie Rhorer and Le Cercle de l'Harmonie caught the attention of a wider public as they electrified audiences with their performances of Idomeneo at the Festival International d'Opéra Baroque in Beaune. Since then, they have consistently offered a new highlight at the festival each year. Their natural, fluid and yet theatrically feverish concert version of Le Nozze die Figaro (Beaune 2007) also triumphed in its repeat performances at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.
The year 2008 was marked by the celebrated appearance of Rhorer and his orchestra in Aix-en-Provence, where they played Haydn's L'infedeltà delusa. Rhorer was honoured with the Prix Gabriel Dussurget, which is awarded to excellent young Mozart interpreters.
Jérémie Rhorer regularly works with upcoming young singers, and has already conducted a number of major orchestras, including the orchestras of the Opéra Bastille, the Opéra National de Lyon and the Opéra de Rouen, the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. In 2008, he gave an impressive debut with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia with works of Rameau and Debussy.
Jérémie Rhorer has also earned himself a name as a composer. He is a winner of the Pierre Cardin Composition Prize of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and he has had works commissioned by the French Radio. In 2008, the orchestral version of his piano work Le cimetière des enfants will be premiered by the Orchestre National de Paris.
The season 2008/2009 brings Jérémie Rhorer to the Paris Opéra Comique and the Opéra National de Lyon with two new opera productions: Auber's Fra Diavolo and Mozart's La clemenza di Tito. He will perform Così fan tutte with Le Cercle de l'Harmonie in Beaune in summer 2009 and in the New Year's concert of the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa he will be conducting Offenbach, Delibes and Donizetti. An appearance at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées with Diana Damrau and Le Cercle de l'Harmonie follows in March, and in April he conducts a romantic programme of Schumann and Mendelssohn with the Jeune Orchestre Atlantique. A tour and a recording of works of Johann Christian Bach are scheduled with celebrated countertenor Philippe Jaroussky.
The young conductor Jérémie Rhorer has been named Discovery of the Year 2008 by the French critics. Wherever he performs, he is praised for his theatrical sensibility, his subtle musicality, and his excellent technique.
Born in Paris in 1973, Rhorer studied harpsichord, theory and composition at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris. He assisted Marc Minkowski and William Christie at a young age. At 21, he formed the contemporary music ensemble Les Musiciens de la Prée. In 2005, together with violinist Julien Chauvin, he founded Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, an orchestra which performs on period instruments and focuses on the music of the late 18th century.
In 2006, Jérémie Rhorer and Le Cercle de l'Harmonie caught the attention of a wider public as they electrified audiences with their performances of Idomeneo at the Festival International d'Opéra Baroque in Beaune. Since then, they have consistently offered a new highlight at the festival each year. Their natural, fluid and yet theatrically feverish concert version of Le Nozze die Figaro (Beaune 2007) also triumphed in its repeat performances at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.
The year 2008 was marked by the celebrated appearance of Rhorer and his orchestra in Aix-en-Provence, where they played Haydn's L'infedeltà delusa. Rhorer was honoured with the Prix Gabriel Dussurget, which is awarded to excellent young Mozart interpreters.
Jérémie Rhorer regularly works with upcoming young singers, and has already conducted a number of major orchestras, including the orchestras of the Opéra Bastille, the Opéra National de Lyon and the Opéra de Rouen, the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. In 2008, he gave an impressive debut with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia with works of Rameau and Debussy.
Jérémie Rhorer has also earned himself a name as a composer. He is a winner of the Pierre Cardin Composition Prize of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and he has had works commissioned by the French Radio. In 2008, the orchestral version of his piano work Le cimetière des enfants will be premiered by the Orchestre National de Paris.
The season 2008/2009 brings Jérémie Rhorer to the Paris Opéra Comique and the Opéra National de Lyon with two new opera productions: Auber's Fra Diavolo and Mozart's La clemenza di Tito. He will perform Così fan tutte with Le Cercle de l'Harmonie in Beaune in summer 2009 and in the New Year's concert of the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa he will be conducting Offenbach, Delibes and Donizetti. An appearance at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées with Diana Damrau and Le Cercle de l'Harmonie follows in March, and in April he conducts a romantic programme of Schumann and Mendelssohn with the Jeune Orchestre Atlantique. A tour and a recording of works of Johann Christian Bach are scheduled with celebrated countertenor Philippe Jaroussky.
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Photo: Alix Laveau
Photo: Alix Laveau