14 Facts About Pierre Bleuse

Pierre Bleuse was born on 6 November 1977 and is a French violinist and conductor.

Bleuse was born in Boulogne-Billancourt into a family of musicians: his father Marc Bleuse is a composer, his mother Anne Fondeville is an opera singer, his brother Emmanuel is a cellist and his sister Jeanne is a pianist.

Pierre Bleuse began his musical studies on violin at the Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt in the classes of Jean Lenert and Suzanne Gessner.

Pierre Bleuse continued his studies at the Conservatoire national de region in Toulouse in the classes of Pierre Doukan and Guenadi Hoffmann from 1990.

Pierre Bleuse obtained his violin and chamber music prizes in 1994.

Pierre Bleuse then returned to Paris and entered the Conservatoire de Paris in the class of Patrice Fontanarosa.

Pierre Bleuse graduated with a 1st prize in 2002, and studied further at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Pierre Bleuse was concertmaster and associate conductor of the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra from 2000 to 2010.

Pierre Bleuse studied with Jorma Panula in Finland, and continued his conducting studies with Laurent Gay at the Geneva University of Music in 2011.

From 2012, Pierre Bleuse began regular collaboration with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.

Pierre Bleuse has worked as an assistant at the Opera de Lyon from 2017, notably in the production of Orfeo ed Euridice, directed by David Morten.

Pierre Bleuse co-founded the Lemanic Modern Ensemble for contemporary repertoire, and has served as its co-music director.

Pierre Bleuse was a co-founder and is artistic director of the Musika Orchestra Academy, a European school of orchestral studies.

Pierre Bleuse became chief conductor of the Odense Symphony Orchestra, as well as Artistic Director of the Pablo Casals Festival, in 2021.