Alexandre Bloch

French conductor Alexandre Bloch becomes Principal Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro RTVE at the start of next season. He first attracted international attention when he won first prize at the 2012 Donatella Flick Conducting Competition; soon after, he made his acclaimed Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra debut, replacing Mariss Jansons at short notice.

Recent and forthcoming engagements include debuts with and returns to the Adelaide, Basque, Bournemouth, City of Birmingham, Düsseldorf, London, Utah and Vancouver Symphony orchestras, Brussels, Dresden, George Enescu, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Oslo, Radio France, Rotterdam, Royal Liverpool and Seoul Philharmonic orchestras, the Hallé, Philharmonia, European Union Youth Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, Los Angeles and Scottish Chamber orchestras and Suisse Romande Orchestra.

He is equally at home in the opera house and has appeared at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Düsseldorf’s Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra de Lille and Opéra de Lyon.

Alexandre Bloch was Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lille from 2016 to 2024. While with the orchestra he programmed a diverse range of repertoire, including a Mahler cycle and Stravinsky ballets, as well as inviting and collaborating with leading composers Magnus Lindberg, Sir George Benjamin and Thierry Escaich. An innovator on and off the podium, he initiated special projects with the aim of attracting new audiences into the concert hall. He and the orchestra have featured on a wide range of labels and broadcast channels.

He has collaborated with many internationally established soloists, including Frank Peter Zimmermann, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Mischa Maisky, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Sol Gabetta, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Steven Isserlis, Sharon Kam, Alice Sara Ott, Nemanja Radulović, Veronika Eberle, Véronique Gens and Xavier Demaîstre.

Alexandre Bloch is Principal Guest Conductor of the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra and was an ADAMI emerging talent and a Tanglewood Conducting Fellow, drawing the attention of mentors such as Mariss Jansons, Charles Dutoit, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Sir Mark Elder and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Arweinydd

Bydd yr arweinydd Ffrengig Alexandre Bloch yn mynd yn Brif Arweinydd Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro RTVE ar ddechrau’r tymor nesaf. Denodd sylw rhyngwladol gyntaf pan enillodd y wobr gyntaf yng Nghystadleuaeth Arwain Donatella Flick 2012; yn fuan wedyn, gwnaeth ei ymddangosiad cyntaf gyda Cherddorfa Frenhinol Concertgebouw a chael clod mawr, ar ôl cymryd lle Mariss Jansons ar fyr rybudd.

Ymhlith ei ymrwymiadau diweddar ac i ddod mae cerddorfeydd Symffoni Adelaide, Gwlad y Basg, Bournemouth, Dinas Birmingham, Düsseldorf, Llundain, Utah a Vancouver, Cerddorfeydd Ffilharmonig Brwsel, Dresden, George Enescu, Israel, Lwcsembwrg, yr Iseldiroedd, Oslo, Radio France, Rotterdam, Brenhinol Lerpwl a Seoul, yr Hallé, Philharmonia, Cerddorfa Ieuenctid yr Undeb Ewropeaidd, Cerddorfa Ieuenctid Awstralia, Cerddorfeydd Siambr Los Angeles a’r Alban a Cherddorfa Suisse Romande.

Mae’r un mor gartrefol yn y tŷ opera ac wedi ymddangos yn y Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra de Lille ac Opéra de Lyon.

Alexandre Bloch oedd Cyfarwyddwr Cerdd yr Orchestre National de Lille rhwng 2016 a 2024. Yn ei gyfnod gyda’r gerddorfa trefnodd ystod amrywiol o repertoire, gan gynnwys cylch Mahler a cherddoriaeth bale Stravinsky, yn ogystal â chydweithio â’r cyfansoddwyr blaenllaw Magnus Lindberg, Syr George Benjamin a Thierry Escaich. Yn arloeswr ar y podiwm ac oddi arno, dechreuodd brosiectau arbennig gyda’r nod o ddenu cynulleidfaoedd newydd i’r neuadd gyngerdd. Mae ef a’r gerddorfa wedi ymddangos amrywiaeth ystod eang o labeli a sianeli darlledu.

Mae wedi cydweithio â llawer o unawdwyr o fri rhyngwladol, gan gynnwys Frank Peter Zimmermann, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Mischa Maisky, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Sol Gabetta, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Steven Isserlis, Sharon Kam, Alice Sara Ott, Nemanja Radulović, Veronika Eberle, Véronique Gens a Xavier Demaîstre.

Alexandre Bloch yw Prif Arweinydd Gwadd Cerddorfa Symffoni Düsseldorf ac roedd yn dalent newydd ADAMI ac yn Gymrawd Arwain Tanglewood, gan ddod i sylw mentoriaid fel Mariss Jansons, Charles Dutoit, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Syr Mark Elder ac Esa-Pekka Salonen.