Morlot, 36, who was recently named successor to Gerard Schwarz when the latter’s tenure ends next year, will move here from Lyon, France, with his wife, Ghizlane, and two young daughters, Nora and Iman, before taking up his new baton. For much of his career, he has been a visiting conductor to some of the world’s top orchestras. Now Morlot is ready to settle down here...
Watch the latest TV footage of Ludovic on Seattle’s local KCTS9 station as he discusses being the new Music Director Designate of the Seattle Symphony with interviewer Enrique Cerna! ..
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors Chair Leslie Jackson Chihuly and Interim Executive Director Mark McCampbell announced today that French conductor Ludovic Morlot has been named Music Director Designate, beginning in the 2010–2011 season, to assume the role of Music Director at the beginning of the 2011–2012 season with an initial six-year contract. Seattle Symphony’s current Music Director Gerard Schwarz, who has held that role since 1985, will assume the title of Conductor Laureate after his final season in 2010–2011...
The road to conducting fame can follow many routes but usually has one or two crucial elements: a lucky last-minute substitution at a major orchestra; an influential mentor; reasonable doses of talent and charisma. All of those came together for the young Frenchman Ludovic Morlot, who will become the next music director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra...
It’s official: The Seattle Symphony Orchestra’s baton will be passed to a 36-year-old French maestro, Ludovic Morlot, when Gerard Schwarz steps down from the music directorship a year from now. Morlot assumes the title of “music director designate” this fall...
Ludovic Morlot, the incisive thirty-six-year-old French conductor who has made several notable appearances with the New York Philharmonic in the past four years, will be the next music director of the Seattle Symphony, according to an announcement that came over the wires a few minutes ago...
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Jean-Christophe Jacques, Basse
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Radio France - June 11, 2010
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Morlot’s appearance places a spotlight on Seattle Symphony’s search for a new Music Director. The international search is ongoing, and guest conductors both this season and next are under consideration. While the candidates for the position will remain confidential, the caliber and quality of guest conductors is sure to draw considerable attention to Seattle Symphony and its upcoming programs. ..
Ludovic Morlot is in town this week guest conducting the Seattle Symphony. It is the first time the young, French conductor has conducted the Seattle Symphony, but not the first time he has conducted a major American orchestra...