Jérémie Rhorer

Jérémie Rhorer is one of the most intriguing and versatile conductors of his generation. Following in the footsteps of musicians such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, he continues the tradition of the innovative conductor as founder and Music Director of the orchestra Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, with which he has explored 18th- and 19th-century repertoire for nearly twenty years, using period instruments and original tuning. As a conductor, Jérémie Rhorer is acclaimed both as a leading Mozart interpreter and for his work in post-Romantic and contemporary repertoire. A student of Thierry Escaich at the Paris Conservatoire—whose work he has become a key ambassador for—and winner of the Pierre Cardin Prize, Jérémie Rhorer is also an esteemed composer. His most recent work is the family opera Papillon, premiered in 2023 at the Philharmonie de Luxembourg.

Jérémie Rhorer has conducted leading international orchestras, from the Philharmonia Orchestra in London to the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, the Orchestre de Paris, and the Czech Philharmonic. He is a regular guest of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Luxembourg Philharmonic, and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, with whom he is conducting a highly successful Tchaikovsky Cycle, also scheduled for recording. In high demand as an opera conductor, Rhorer has led productions at the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, the Opéra National de Lyon, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, Teatro Real in Madrid, and the Zurich Opera House. A frequent guest at major European festivals, he was for many years the leading Mozart conductor at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, and has also appeared at Glyndebourne, Salzburg, the BBC Proms in London, and the Edinburgh Festival.

With his ensemble Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Rhorer is a pioneer in new interpretations of operatic masterpieces, such as Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia (presented at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and later toured to international festivals in Edinburgh and Bremen—now available on DVD), as well as Verdi’s La traviata and Il trovatore, always using period instruments and restoring original tuning, the famous “la verdiano”, which the composer unsuccessfully attempted to standardize by law in 1884. For over 10 years, Jérémie Rhorer was a cornerstone of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’ programming, where he conducted numerous highly successful productions: from Spontini’s La vestale to Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, and the widely acclaimed Dialogues des Carmélites by Poulenc directed by Olivier Py (winner of the 2016 BBC Music Magazine Award for the DVD recording), as well as an iconic Mozart series with Le Cercle de l’Harmonie in the pit for La clemenza di Tito, The Abduction from the Seraglio, Don Giovanni, and Le nozze di Figaro (the latter directed by James Gray). Jérémie Rhorer and Le Cercle de l’Harmonie have established an innovative residency at Le Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence, including special programs dedicated to audience education, and expanded their presence with residencies in Dijon, Grenoble, and Lyon, alongside a multi-year collaboration with the Philharmonie de Paris.

In Italy, he has been a guest of the Spoleto Festival, where he conducted the 2018 closing concert with a historic performance of Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, featuring Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard in the title role. He has also appeared at the Ravello Festival, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and with the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, as well as in the symphonic seasons of La Fenice and Teatro Regio di Torino, where he returned in the 2024/25 season with a new production of Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet.

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