Quickly establishing a strong reputation as one of the leading conductors of his generation, Ludovic Morlot was appointed Music Director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in June 2010, a post he assumes in September 2011 for an initial period of six years. Highlights of the 2010-11 season include debuts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the NDR Symphony Orchestra and the Czech Philharmonic as well as at the Opéra National de Lyon and the Opéra Comique in Paris. He returns to the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony in addition to the Rotterdam Philharmonic and the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris, both of which he conducts regularly. Committed to working with young people, Mr. Morlot conducted the Netherlands Youth Orchestra in January 2010 on a tour that included a concert in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
Recent notable appearances include the Cleveland Orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and the Tokyo Philharmonic, among others. Last season he made his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Anne Sophie-Mutter at the Royal Festival Hall and on tour in Germany. He has collaborated with many distinguished soloists including Christian Tetzlaff, Gil Shaham, Renaud Capuçon, Lynn Harrell, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Emanuel Ax and Jessye Norman.
Ludovic Morlot has maintained a close working relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 2001 when he was the Seiji Ozawa Fellowship Conductor at the Tanglewood Music Center and subsequently appointed assistant conductor for the orchestra and their Music Director James Levine (2004-07). He has conducted the orchestra in many public concerts, both in Boston and Tanglewood. Ludovic served as conductor in residence with the Orchestre National de Lyon under David Robertson (2002-04).
Born in Lyon in 1974 and trained as a violinist, Ludovic studied conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London and then at the Royal College of Music as recipient of the Norman del Mar Conducting Fellowship. Ludovic was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2007 in recognition of his significant contribution to music. He, his wife and his two daughters plan to move to Seattle in May.
