JEAN CLAUDE CASADESUS

ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE LILLE
Region Nord /Pas de Calais
Directeur : Jean-Claude Casadesus
Association subventionnée par
le Conseil Régional du Nord/ Pas de Calais Et l'Etat
(Ministère de la Culture)
Président : Ivan Renar Tuesday 17 July 2001
Verdi's
Requiem

Kathleen Cassello , soprano
Grace Bumbry, mezzo
James Wagner , tenor
Simon Estes, basse
Choeurs de l'Orchestre de Paris     
Wednesday 18 July 2001
Berlioz
Nuits d'été
Symphonie fantastique

Elsa Maurus, mezzo-soprano   
The Orchestre National de Lille
The Orchestre National de Lille was formed in 1976. It is today one of the leading French orchestras. The Orchestra has 100 musicians and gives nearly 120 concerts each year.
 In its artistic policy, the Orchestra aims principally to protect national heritage, to promote young French artists, and to be an exponent of both contemporary composition and great symphonic works.
The Orchestra takes part in major festivals in France (Aix-en -Provence, Orange, Colmar, Evian, Saint-Denis, Montpellier, Besançon) and in Europe (Canterbury, Amsterdam, Vienna, Rome, Montreux...)

It is an important ambassador of it own region and French culture as a whole.

Jean-Claude Casadesus
Born into a family of musicians and artists, Jean-Claude Casadesus was appointed permanent conductor at the Paris Opera in 1969.
Casadesus founded the Orchestre National de Lille and was appointed its Director in 1976. Under his baton, the Orchestra has become one of the leading ensembles in France, both for its repertoire and it dynamism.
Jean-Claude Casadesus has developed his career as a guest conductor with the world's leading orchestras.
He has made a considerable number of recordings, including more than twenty, conducting the Orchestre National de Lille. Many have been recognized and given awards by the Académie du Disque Français, the SACEM and the Nouvelle Académie du Disque.
Jean-Claude Casadesus has just been elected President of Musique Nouvelle en Liberté, succeeding Marcel Landowski in this post.

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