Alizé Léhon

Conductor

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Trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) in Alain Altinoglu's class, young conductor Alizé Léhon obtained her Master's degree in Orchestral Conducting with unanimous acclaim in May 2024.

As part of her training, Alizé worked regularly with the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Orchestre de Picardie, Orchestre Régional de Normandie and Orchestre des Lauréats du Conservatoire. During Masterclasses, she received advice from Mikko Franck, Douglas Boyd, Jean Deroyer, Pascal Rophé and Arie van Beek.

In 2024, she is selected to take part in the Malko Competition for Young Conductors in Copenhagen, and conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra; she is also awarded the Neeme Järvi 2nd Prize, during the Gstaad Conducting Academy.

She is guest conductor with the Orchestre national de Metz Grand-Est in May 2024 and with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland in July 2024.

During de last two seasons, she was invited to conduct the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, the Orchestre Philharmonique of the Opéra de Nice, the Orchestre national de Metz Grand-Est.

In April 2024, Alizé conducted the creation of the show Aznavour Symphonique with the singer Jules Grison and the Orchestre Philharmonique de l'Opéra de Nice. She also directed the show Piaf Symphonique with the singer Isabelle Boulay and, successively, the Orchestre Philharmonique de l'Opéra de Nice, the Orchestre National de Cannes and the Orchestre Colonne at the Seine Musicale in Boulogne-Billancourt.

As assistant conductor, she had the opportunity to work with Michael Schønwandt at the Orchestre Français des Jeunes and Alexandre Bloch at the Orchestre National de Lille. She also assists Michel Plasson at the Orchestre Philharmonique de l'Opéra de Nice, Benjamin Levy at the Orchestre National de Cannes and Mikko Franck at the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

In September 2023, she takes over the direction of the DÉMOS Metz Moselle-Nord orchestra for a three-year cycle, with a final concert at the Philarmonie de Paris in 2025.

Involved in the direction of amateur orchestras, Alizé has been musical director of the Philharmonie du Choeur et Orchestre des Grandes Écoles (COGE) since January 2022. In July 2023, she conducted the group's 40th anniversary concert, with some 300 instrumentalists and choristers, at the Auditorium de Radio France.
With the Orchestre Impromptu, she has conducted premieres of works by young composers, shows combining music and dance, and mediation concerts.
In May 2024, she conducted the Orchestre des Amateurs de la Philharmonie de Paris in Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique at the Cité de la Musique.
In March 2023, she was musical director of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story at the CNSMDP. Performed by students in singing, music, dance and sound engineering, this musical was a first for the Conservatoire and met with enthusiasm from artists, audiences and critics alike.

At the CNSMDP, Alizé has done research on music in prisons, and is preparing a concert to be conducted in prison.

Passionate about opera, in 2021 Alizé took part in the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence's Mentorat de Cheffes and furthered her studies in opera conducting with Thomas Hengelbrock and the Balthazar Neumann Ensemble.

In August 2023, she was chosen by the Cercle National Richard Wagner de Paris to travel to the Bayreuth Festival.

Alizé Léhon has been represented by RSBA since 2024.

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Gstaad conducting Academy 2024-2

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