Cyril Diederich (born 2 October 1945) is a French
conductor
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.
Career
Born in
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
, after studying piano, horn and timpani, Diederich studied writing at the conservatories of
Toulouse and
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
, and studied
conducting
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with
Louis Fourestier and Jean-Sébastien Béreau.
A prize-winner at the
Conservatoire de Paris, he won two international conducting prizes, in Italy and Poland.
In 1975, he began his professional career as an assistant conductor to
Serge Baudo at the
Opéra national de Lyon
The Opéra National de Lyon, marketed as Opéra de Lyon during the last decade, is an opera company in Lyon, based and performing mostly at the Opéra Nouvel, an 1831 theater that was modernized and architecturally transformed in 1993.
The inaugu ...
, then in 1978 as assistant conductor to
Jean-Claude Casadesus at the
Orchestre national de Lille. At the same time, thanks to the producer and artistic director
Michel Glotz
Michel Glotz (1 February 1931 – 15 February 2010) was a French classical music record producer and impresario.
Life
Glotz was a student of Marguerite Long and accomplice of Francis Poulenc with whom he had a long correspondence. Artistic di ...
, he stayed in Berlin to attend the work of
Herbert von Karajan, and later became the disciple of
Georges Prêtre.
In 1984, he was appointed music and artistic director of the
Orchestre national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon.
In 1986, he received the prize for Musical Revelation of the Year, awarded by French music critics, and in 1988 he premiered ''Noces de sang'', an opera by
Charles Chaynes
Charles Augustin Chaynes (11 July 1925 – 24 June 2016) was a French composer.
Biography
Chaynes was born in Toulouse in 1925. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Darius Milhaud and Jean Rivier. In 1951 he won the Prix de Rome ...
after Federico García Lorca's ''
Blood Wedding''.
In 1998, he became the musical and artistic director of the
Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse The Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse is a French symphonic orchestra based in Mulhouse, in the Alsace region. Its principal venue is ''La Filature''.
History
The Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse has its origins in the small municipal orchestra f ...
and became principal guest conductor at the
Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg.
He became permanent conductor and musical advisor at the
Opéra de Marseille in 2007.
In 2012, he took over the musical direction of the
Orchestre symphonique de Paris and founded the "Grands Concerts d'oratorios" in Paris.
In 2017, he participated in the creation of the Festival à vocation lyrique ''Les Concerts au Coucher de Soleil''
''Les Concerts au Coucher de Soleil''
/ref> in Oppède
Oppède (; oc, Opeda) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. ''Oppidum'' is the Latin word for 'town'.
History
It is in fact two villages: Oppède-le-Vieux ("the old" in Frenc ...
( Luberon).
Sources
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References
External links
Official website
Paris Symphonic Orchestra Beethoven 9e - dir Cyril Diederich - église de la Madeleine - Nov 2014
(YouTube)
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1945 births
Living people
Musicians from Aix-en-Provence
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
French male conductors (music)
21st-century French conductors (music)
21st-century French male musicians
Erato Records artists