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Ludovic Morlot

Music Director

French musician Ludovic Morlot is now in his inaugural season as Seattle Symphony’s Music Director. At 37, he has quickly established a reputation as one of the leading conductors of his generation. In September 2012, he assumes a second post as Chief Conductor of La Monnaie/De Munt, one of the most prestigious opera houses in Europe.

During the 2010–2011 season, he conducted Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Opéra National de Lyon and Opéra Comique in Paris. Morlot has also collaborated with many other distinguished singers, including Barbara Hannigan, Dawn Upshaw, Jessye Norman and Thomas Hampson. He also has made debuts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic and NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg, and next season, he will conduct the Orchestre National de France for the first time.

Highlights of the 2010–2011 season included return engagements with the New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony, both of which he conducts regularly. Previously, he has worked with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony and The Cleveland Orchestra, among others. One notable engagement this season will be Morlot’s three-week collaboration with the Boston Symphony: two subscription weeks followed by a West Coast tour that includes performances in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Last season, Morlot made his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Anne-Sophie Mutter at the Royal Festival Hall and on tour in Germany. Other recent performances have included Dresden Staatskapelle, Tonhalle, Budapest Festival, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras. He also leads the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Ensemble Intercontemporain regularly. Committed to music education, Morlot led the Netherlands Youth Orchestra on tour in January 2010, which included a concert in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. He has collaborated with many distinguished soloists including Christian Tetzlaff, Gil Shaham, Renaud Capuçon, Lynn Harrell, Frank Peter Zimmermann and Emanuel Ax.

Morlot has maintained a close working relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 2001 when he was the Seiji Ozawa Fellowship Conductor at the Tanglewood Music Center and subsequently appointed assistant conductor for the orchestra and their Music Director James Levine (2004–2007). Morlot served as conductor in residence with the Orchestre National de Lyon under David Robertson (2002–2004).

Trained as a violinist, Morlot studied conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London and then at the Royal College of Music as a recipient of the Norman del Mar Conducting Fellowship. Morlot was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2007 in recognition of his significant contribution to music.

For more information, visit the following:
www.ludovicmorlot.com
www.opus3artists.com/artists/ludovic-morlot
www.askonasholt.co.uk/artists/conductors/ludovic-morlot