Maxime Pascal

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Maxime Pascal (born 9 September 1985, Carcassonne, Nantes, France) is a French conductor.

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Biography

Born to musician parents, a jazz trombonist father and a pianist mother, [1] Pascal began piano studies with his mother, [1] and subsequently studied violin, in his youth in Carcassonne. In 2005, he began music studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, in composition, musical analysis and orchestration classes. He then developed an interest in conducting, and enrolled in the conducting class of François-Xavier Roth. [2]

In 2008, the ensemble Le Balcon, named after the play by Jean Genet and co-founded by Juan-Pablo Carreño, Mathieu Costecalde, Alphonse Cemin, Florent Derex Pascal, Pedro Garcia-Velasquez and Pascal, gave its first public performance. [3] Also in 2008, Pascal became music director of the Parisian amateur ensemble Orchestre Impromptu, [4] Beginning in 2018, for the ensemble's tenth anniversary, Le Balcon and Pascal have become the first ensemble and conductor to embark on a projected complete cycle of live performances of the complete Donnerstag aus Licht operas of Karlheinz Stockhausen, one opera per year. [3]

In October 2023, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Pascal as its next chief conductor, following five guest-conducting appearances with the ensemble. The initial appointment is for three years, effective August 2024. [5]

Honours and awards

Pascal has been in residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation since September 2010. The Académie des Beaux-Arts awarded him the Simone and Cino del Duca Foundation Music Prize at the Institut de France in November 2011 for the start of his career. Since 2012, Pascal has received support from the Orange Foundation. In March 2014, he was the first Frenchman to win the Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Judith Chaine (2018-05-24). "Maxime Pascal, chef d'orchestre à l'instinct rebelle". Telerama. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  2. 1 2 Marie-Aude Roux (2014-03-04). "Maxime Pascal, le maestro aux amplis, lauréat à Salzbourg". Le Monde. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  3. 1 2 Joshua Barone (2023-08-16). "A Conductor Who Wants to Put You 'Inside the Sound'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  4. ↑ Bruno Serrou (2015-05-17). "Maxime Pascal, un chef d'orchestre de notre temps". La Croix. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  5. ↑ "Maxime Pascal appointed as new chief conductor of Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra" (Press release). HarrisonParrott. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
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