Emmanuel Trenque

Emmanuel Trenque is a contemporary French choir conductor.

Biography

A titular of the DNESM (Diplôme National d'Études Supérieures Musicales) of choir direction of the Lyon Conservatory, Emmanuel Trenque studied piano, accompaniment, solfeggio, harmony and singing at the . In 2000, he was appointed choral conductor and responsible for musical studies of the of the "Institut des arts et musiques sacrés" of Toulouse (IAMS) where he directed, among others, the ''Requiem'' by Maurice Duruflé, the ''Petite messe solennelle'' by Rossini, the '' Sécheresses'' cantata by Francis Poulenc, the '' Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis'' cantata BWV 21 by J.S. Bach, the ''Deutsche Messe'' by Franz Schubert. He led this formation for 3 seasons. Between 2001 and 2003, he worked at the Théâtre du Capitole as invited (''The Merry Widow'' by Franz Lehár and '' The Little Sweep'' by Benjamin Britten) but also a pianist and choir repetitionist for 4 months.

In 2003, he was hired as trainee singing conductor at the Centre de formation lyrique of the Paris Opéra where he worked in particular with Janine Reiss, Teresa Berganza, José Van Dam. In 2004, he won the Bösendorfer Prize at the Belvedere International Competition (awarding the best vocal conductor).

These were then his beginnings as a vocal conductor for the greatest Parisian houses (Opéra national de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opera-Comique) before being invited to join the in September 2004 as a vocal conductor.

Since 2005, Emmanuel Trenque has been the choir conductor of the Opera of Tours. He regularly directs the symphonic orchestra of the Centre-Val de Loire-Tours region, in the pit (''The Rape of Lucretia'' by Britten, ''Mozart'' by Reynaldo Hahn, ''Passionnément'' by Messager, ...) but also the symphonic repertoire and the oratorio. He participates in contemporary creation with ''HoMo XeRox'' ( opéra by Claude Lenners) and ''La sortie d'Égypte'' (oratorio by Jean-Luc Defontaine, of which he is the dedicatee), two works he premiered in Tours. In addition, he strengthened and perfected the choir's participation in school concerts, for young people, in hospitals and prisons, in a very wide repertoire ranging from the great opera choirs to Broadway's "musicals", and in 2009 he created a concert, on tour, entitled ''Musique pour les Bêtes … pas trop bêtes !''.

He has also been musical director of the Maîtrise of the Opéra of Tours since 2007. (''Carmen'' by Bizet, ''Die Zauberflöte'' by W.A. Mozart, '' Mireille'' by Gounod, ''Tosca'' and ''La Bohème'' by Puccini) including the stage creation of the opera for children ''La Malle Magique'' by Pierre Uga. With the choir and the mastership of the Opera of Tours, he took part, as head of choral studies, in the recording of the opera ''Le Cœur du Moulin'' by Déodat de Séverac, for timpani.

He is regularly invited to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées as choir conductor and assistant to the musical direction. (''Falstaff'' by Giuseppe Verdi and ''Cosi fan tutte'' by Mozart in 2008, ''Semele'' by Haendel in 2010). He was also called upon to ensure the choir coordination and the assistance of Myung-Whun Chung at the Chorégies d'Orange for '' La Traviata'' by Verdi in 2009.

He returned to the Chorégies en 2011 for ''Aïda'' and ''Rigoletto'' / in 2012 for ''la Bohème'' and ''Turandot'' / in 2013 for '' Un ballo in maschera'' / in 2014 for ''Nabucco'' and ''Otello''.

His professional activities gave him the opportunity to collaborate with Michel Plasson, Myung-Whun Chung, Pinchas Steinberg, Jean-Yves Ossonce,Jean-Yves Ossonce
on Opera online Alain Altinoglu, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, René Jacobs, Thomas Hengelbrock, Evelino Pidò, Jean-Claude Casadesus, and Christophe Rousset.

Among his latest engagements, he played the pianoforte, for ''Così Fan Tutte'', on the new season opening production of the Opera of Tours in October 2014, and conducted several concerts of the Choirs of the Opera of Tours ("Autour d'Orphée" in November 2014 and "Autour de Compositeurs Britanniques" in March 2015). He conducted the Orchestre Symphonique Région Centre Tours, with choirs of high school students from the Région Centre in April 2015 (Magnificat(s) by Zelenka, Schubert & Vivaldi), and he was, again, at the Choréphies d'Orange in the summer of 2015 to ensure the choral coordination and the assistanat at the music direction of ''Carmen'' & '' Il Trovatore''.

Emmanuel Trenque is the great-great-grandson of Amédée Gastoué, composer, choral singing teacher and musicologist.

References

External links

Entretien avec Emmanuel Trenque, chef de chœur
on Wukali

Emmanuel Trenque
on data.bnf.fr

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French choral conductors
French male conductors (music)
People from Indre-et-Loire
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century French conductors (music)
21st-century French male musicians
Musicians from Indre-et-Loire