Lionel Bringuier

Conductor
Assistant Conductor

LIONEL BRINGUIER begins his tenure as Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León in Valladolid, Spain in the 2009/10 season. He continues his work with the Orchestre de Bretagne as Chef Associé and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the new role of Associate Conductor. Additionally, he will have return engagements with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonic, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, among others. He will also make his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
 
Winner of the 49th Besançon Young Conductors Competition in 2005, he was awarded the unanimous decision of the Besançon jury, the “Prix du Public” as audience favorite, as well as the top vote of the musicians of the festival orchestra, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. Since his triumph, he has conducted some of the top orchestras in the world, including the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, and the Cleveland Orchestra.
 
Born in Nice, France in 1986, he began his musical studies at the Academy of Nice at the age of five and gave his first cello recital before the Countess of Paris at the age of nine. At the age of 13, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (C.N.S.M.) in the cello class of Philippe Muller and furthered his academic work in chamber music, choral singing, and jazz studies. In 2000, he began conducting studies at the C.N.S.M. in Paris under the tutelage of Zsolt Nagy. He has also participated in masterclasses with Peter Eötvös and Janos Fürst.
 
In June 2004, he obtained from the C.N.S.M. de Paris his diploma in cello with Mention Très Bien à l’unanimité as well as a Mention Très Bien à l’unanimité in conducting. Other distinctions include the “Médaille d’or à l’unanimité avec les félicitations du jury à l’Académie Prince Rainier III de Monaco,” the “Médaille d’or” from the Lord Mayor of Nice, as well as first prize in a competition organized by the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra in Ostrava. Bringuier is also a prizewinner of the Swiss Foundation Langart and the Cziffra Foundation.