Current Highlights
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21-22 September 2024
Cape Symphony
Barnstable Performing Arts Center, Hyannis (MA, USA)
Music Director Candidate
John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Gabriela Lena Frank, Elegía Andina
Richard Strauss, Four Last Songs. Hyunah Yu Brody, Soprano
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel), Pictures at an Exhibition
28, 29 September 2024.
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Guadalajara
Jean-Claude joins Les Grands Ballets Canadiens on tour in Mexico.
W. A. Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 9 “Jeunehomme”
Uwe Scholz, choreography
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
Edward Clug, choreography
Orquesta Solistas de América
Agnieszka Slawinska, soprano
César Delgado, tenor
José Manuel Caro, baritone
Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez, piano
7 October 2024
Orchestre symphonique du Conservatoire de Musique de Québec
Grand Théâtre de Québec, Salle Louis-Fréchette
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cosí fan tutte, ouverture
Carl Maria von Weber, Concerto pour clarinette No. 2
Peter Benoit, Poème symphonique pour flûte et orchestre
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphonie No. 5
Hélène Meunier, clarinette
Cyrille Angers, flûte
22 October 2024
Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa
Jean-Claude opens Thirteen Strings’ 24-25 Season with music from the silver screen.
Works by William Walton, Torū Takemitsu, Pietro Mascagni, Alexandre Desplat, Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, Nathalie Bonin, Hans Zimmer, Bernard Herrmann, Dmitri Shostakovich, Aaron Copland, and Johannes Brams.
30-31 May, and 1-2 June 2024
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Place des Arts, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Montreal
“Giselle”
Choreography by Ivan Cavallari, based on Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa
Adolphe-Charles Adam, music
Les Grands Ballets Orchestra
May 2024
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Jean-Claude was delighted to be a finalist for the Music Director position at the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, receiving an invitation to guest conduct the orchestra following a thorough and competitive search that involved more than 250 candidates worldwide.
13-20 April 2024
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Place des Arts, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Montreal
W. A. Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 9 “Jeunehomme”
Uwe Scholz, choreography
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
Edward Clug, choreography
Les Grands Ballets Orchestra and Choir
Aline Kutan, soprano
Mishael Eusebio, tenor
Dominique Côté, baritone
Rosalie Asselin, piano
Season 2023-2024
Following nearly two decades of dedicated artistic endeavors in Europe and Canada, Jean-Claude embraced a meaningful hiatus to step back, recharge, and cultivate new artistic perspectives.
1 October 2023
Victoria Symphony
Farquhar Auditorium at UVic
Jean-Claude enjoyed a fourth visit to the podium of the Victoria Symphony.
Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin
Carl Nielsen, Flute Concerto
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 85, “La Reine”
2, 3, 4, 5 March 2023
Scottish Ballet
Sadler's Wells, London
“Coppélia”
Directed & choreographed by Jess and Morgs
Music by Léo Delibes, Mikael Karlsson and Michael P. Atkinson
Set and lighting, Bengt Gomér
Projection & Video, Will Duke
Costumes, Annemarie Woods
Dramaturgy and written text, Jeff James
6-7 March 2023
The Royal Ballet
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Guest panelist for the appointment of the Constant Lambert Fellow and Jette Parker Artist – ballet conductor.
25 March 2023
Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières
J.-A.-Thompson Hall, Trois-Rivières
Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt (selected excerpts)
John Estacio, Trumpet Concerto
Edward Top, Helix
Carl Nielsen, Symphony No. 2, “The Four Temperaments”
Paul Merkelo, trumpet