Émilie Delorme (born ), an engineer by training, has a career in the management of cultural institutions in France.
On 14 December 2019 Delorme was appointed as the first woman director of the
Conservatoire de Paris in its 224-year history,
to start in the position on 1 January 2020.
Childhood and education
Delorme was born in
Lyon.
She studied at
one of the ''Mines'' engineering schools, worked in finance for three years, and studied cultural institution management.
Aix-en-Provence Festival
Delorme participated in the
Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2000 and the
Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (french: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, italic=no, ; nl, Koninklijke Muntschouwburg, italic=no; both translating as the "Royal Theatre of the Mint") is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National O ...
in Brussels in 2003, returning to the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2008. She became the director of the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2009.
During this period, Delorme developed artistic cooperation projects around the
Mediterranean Basin
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, creating the
MEDiterranean INcubator of Emerging Artists (Medinea) network and heading the
European Network of Opera Academies (ENOA).
Conservatoire de Paris
On 14 December 2019, Delorme was appointed as the first woman director of the
Conservatoire de Paris since its creation in 1795 and the first non-musician director after the founder in 1795.
''
Le Point
''Le Point'' () is a French weekly political and news magazine published in Paris.
History and profile
''Le Point'' was founded in September 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of '' L'Express'', w ...
'' expressed concerns that Delorme would promote "decolonial ideology" and
intersectional feminism.
''
Le Monde'' described Delorme as strongly promoting
gender equality (french: link=no, parité) and
cultural diversity (french: link=no, diversité), and stated that the initial rumours of Delorme's nomination led to defensive reactions (french: link=no, une levée de boucliers) from media including ''Le Point''.
Delorme's appointment is for three years starting from 1 January 2020.
References
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Living people
People from Lyon
1975 births
Arts administrators
Women academic administrators
Women arts administrators
Directors of the Conservatoire de Paris