Marie Jacquot (born 1990 in
Paris
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) is a French
orchestra conductor. She is music director of the
Royal Danish Orchestra.
Biography
Raised in Lucé near
Chartres
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, Jacquot began her music studies on piano, and subsequently learned to play trombone.
Initially, she pursued a tennis career and took part in the
French Open
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in the junior category. At age 15, she changed her focus to music, specifically trombone, versus tennis.
She continued her music studies at the
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university established in 1817 located in Vienna. With a student body of over three thousand, it is the largest institution of its kind in Austria, and one of t ...
with
Uroš Lajovic
Uroš Lajovic is a Slovenian conductor and professor. He has served as guest conductor, permanent conductor, artistic director and artistic advisor at numerous prominent European orchestras. He is professor emeritus at the University of Music a ...
and at the
University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar with
Nicolás Pasquet.
In 2016, Jacquot was assistant of
Kirill Petrenko
Kirill Garrievich Petrenko (, Latin script: ; born 11 February 1972) is a Russian-Austrian conductor. He is chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Early life
Petrenko was born in Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, to a violinist father and m ...
at the
Bavarian State Opera
The Bavarian State Opera () is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bavarian State Orchestra.
History
The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under El ...
.
From 2016 to 2019, Jacquot was ''Erste Kapellmeisterin'' and chorus master at the
Würzburg Opera.
She conducted Verdi's ''
Nabucco
''Nabucco'' (; short for ''Nabucodonosor'' , i.e. "Nebuchadnezzar II, Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on the biblic ...
'', Mozart's ''
Idomeneo
(Italian for ''Idomeneus, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante''; usually referred to simply as ''Idomeneo'', Köchel catalogue, K. 366) is an Italian-language opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista Vares ...
'', Rossini's ''
The Barber of Seville
''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy ' ...
'' and Bartók's ''
Herzog Blaubarts Burg''.
From 2019 to 2022, she was ''Erste Kapellmeisterin'' at the
Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf/Duisburg). Productions were Verdi's ''
La Traviata'', Saint-Saëns' ''
Samson and Delilah'' and Humperdinck's ''
Hansel and Gretel
"Hansel and Gretel" (; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15).
Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch ...
''.
In February 2022, the
Royal Danish Orchestra (''Det Kongelige Kapel'') announced the appointment of Jacquot as its next music director, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.
In March 2023, the
Vienna Symphony
The Vienna Symphony (Vienna Symphony Orchestra, ) is an Austrian orchestra based in Vienna. Its primary concert venue is the Vienna Konzerthaus. In Vienna, the orchestra also performs at the Musikverein and at the Theater an der Wien.
History ...
announced the appointment of Jacquot as its next principal guest conductor (''Erste Gastdirigentin''), the first female conductor to be named to the post, effective with the 2023–2024 season.
Jacquot first guest-conducted the
WDR Symphony Orchestra in December 2022. In January 2024, the orchestra announced the appointment of Jacquot as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2026–2027 season, with an initial contract of 4 years.
Jacquot is the first female conductor to be named chief conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra.
On 29 February 2024, Jacquot was announced as the 2024 ''Révélation cheffe d'orchestre'' during the 31st "Victoires de la Musique Classique" ceremony.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Künstleragentur Dr. Raab & Dr. Böhm Agency page on Marie Jacquot*
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1990 births
Living people
21st-century French conductors (music)
21st-century French women
French women conductors (music)
Music directors
Orchestra leaders
People from Paris