Jérémie Rhorer

Jérémie Rhorer is one of the most exciting and versatile conductors of his generation. He continues in the tradition of artist-innovator as the founder and Music Director of Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, leading the exploration of the repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries using period instruments and original tuning. As a conductor, Rhorer is an equally acclaimed interpreter of the works of Mozart as well as modern works. A winner of the Prix Pierre Cardin, Jérémie Rhorer is also a well-respected composer.

With Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Rhorer has led pioneering new interpretations of standard operatic works, such as Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia (at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, at the Edinburgh International Festival and at the Musikfest Bremen in 2017/18, now available on DVD) and the “Verdi’s Trilogy Project”, including La traviata, Rigoletto and Il trovatore, which has been presented in various countries between 2018 and 2023, using period instruments and restoring the original Verdi tuning. Jérémie Rhorer and Le Cercle de l’Harmonie hold an innovative residency at Le Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence, which includes an educational program dedicated to new audiences. Their activity is expanding in France with further partnerships in Lyon, Dijon, Grenoble and with the Berlioz Festival.

For over 10 years, Rhorer has developed a close relationship with the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, where he has conducted a wide range of standard, rarely performed and contemporary operas, including a celebrated interpretation of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites directed by Olivier Py, (which received a BBC Music Magazine Award 2016 for its DVD recording) and an iconic Mozart series.

Jérémie Rhorer has conducted some of the most distinguished international orchestras, including the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris and the Czech Philharmonic. He is a regular guest of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen: together, they are developing a special Tchaikovsky Cycle, which is presented both in Bremen and on tour in Germany and other European countries. During the 2022/23 season he has made successful debuts with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, with the Staatskapelle Berlin and with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra.

In-demand as an opera conductor, Rhorer has led productions at the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Opéra National de Lyon, the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. Rhorer has also guest conducted at some of Europe’s most prestigious international festivals, such as Aix-en-Provence, Glyndebourne, Edinburgh, the BBC Proms, the Salzburg Festival, and the Spoleto Festival. Conducting a new production of the rare opera Barkouff by Offenbach, he has made his debut at the Opernhaus Zürich during the season 2022/23.

Highlights of the season 2023/24 include the return at the Theater an der Wien with a new production of Les Martyrs by Donizetti and the project Erwartung at the Teatro Real, Madrid and Teatro la Fenice, Venice in the frame of the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg, for which he has been invited to be part of the Artistic Honorary Committee by the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna.