Fabrice Bollon (born

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

, 1965) is a French conductor and composer.

Biography

Bollon studied with

Michael Gielen Michael Andreas Gielen (20 July 19278 March 2019) was an Austrian conductor and composer known for promoting contemporary music in opera and concert. Principally active in Europe, his performances are characterized by precision and vivacity, aid ...

and Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Paris and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He subsequently continued his studies with

Georges Prêtre Georges Prêtre (; 14 August 1924 – 4 January 2017) was a French orchestral and opera conductor. Biography Prêtre was born in Waziers (Nord), and attended the Douai Conservatory and then studied harmony under Maurice Duruflé and conducting ...

and

Mauricio Kagel Mauricio Raúl Kagel (; 24 December 1931 – 18 September 2008) was an Argentine-German composer. Biography Kagel was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, into an Ashkenazi Jewish family that had fled from Russia in the 1920s . He studied music, his ...

. In 2008, Bollon was appointed musical director of the Freiburg Opera. Under Bollon, the Freiburg Opera has recorded a series of lesser known operas for CPO, including Riccardo Zandonai's '' Francesca da Rimini'', Francesco Cilea's ''

L'arlesiana () is an opera in three acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Leopoldo Marenco. It was originally written in four acts, and was first performed on 27 November 1897 at the Teatro Lirico in Milan. It was revised as a three-act opera i ...

'', and Karl Goldmark's '' Die Königin von Saba''. In May 2022, the Staatskapelle Halle announced the appointment of Bollon as its next GMD, effective with the 2022-2023 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.

References

External links

Official homepage of Fabrice Bollon

Konzertdirektion Martin Muller agency page on Fabrice Bollon
1965 births Living people French male conductors (music) 21st-century French conductors (music) 21st-century French male musicians {{France-musician-stub