MarcLeroy-Calatayud
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About Marc
Born and raised in Lausanne by a French father and a Bolivian mother, Marc held the position of Associate Conductor for L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève for the 2022/23 season. This included a critically acclaimed semi-staged production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette with Benjamin Bernheim. He previously held the position of Artist-in-Residence of Orchestre National de Cannes for the 2021/22 season.
2024/5 symphonic highlights include Orchestre Philharmonique Royal De Liège, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Tokyo Philharmonic, Oviedo Filarmonia & Orchestre de Chambre de Genève. Opera highlights include Théâtre des Champs Elysees with Les Siècles (Werther), Lausanne Opera (Fortunio), and his debut at Wiener Staatsoper (Roméo et Juliette). Marc also returns to Opéra de Nice to conduct Cendrillon.
He has recently worked with orchestras including Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Orchestre National d’Île de France, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Opéra de Massy, Opéra de Saint-Etienne, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, an extensive Japanese tour with Kanazawa Orchestra Ensemble, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Orchestra della Toscana and Ensemble Modern Frankfurt.
Marc was Assistant Conductor at the Opéra National de Bordeaux from 2016 to 2019 where he regularly conducted opera and ballet performances, as well as symphonic concerts. He is a conducting fellow of the Akademie Musiktheater Heute (2018-2021) and studied conducting in Vienna and Zürich with Mark Stringer and Johannes Schlaefli.
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Marc Leroy-Calatayud conducts Roméo et Juliette (Gounod), Excerpts from Act I
Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) Excerpts from Act I Benjamin Bernheim Sandra Hamaoui Jean-Sébastien Bou … L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne Recorded Jan. 2023 in Geneva Credit: L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne Recorded Jan. 2023 in Geneva
PlayingMarc Leroy-Calatayud conducts Mozart, Symphony No. 35, Andante (excerpt)
Marc Leroy-Calatayud conducts Mozart, Symphony No. 35, Andante (excerpt) performed by Orchestra Regionale della Toscana in June 2021. Credit: Marc Leroy-Calatayud
PlayingProkofiev’s ‘Cinderella’ with Marc Leroy-Calatayud and Opéra National de Bordeaux
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Cendrillon (Exerpts) Music Director: Marc Leroy-Calatayud Choreography: David Bintley Sets & Costumes: John MacFarlane Lighting: David A. Finn Lighting Design: Peter Teigen Ballet de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, 10-31 Dec 2019 Credit: Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, 10-31 Dec 2019
PlayingMarc Leroy-Calatayud Conducts Opéra National de Bordeaux in The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (extracts) Opéra National de Bordeaux February 2019 Credit: Opéra National de Bordeaux
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Bizet's L'Arlésienne and Le Docteur Miracle
Opéra de ToursOct 2024 - Oct 2024Cette fois, dans la fosse de l’Opéra de Tours, c’est l’Orchestre symphonique Région Centre Val-de-Loire/Tours qui donne à entendre tout le raffinement de l’écriture de Bizet, sous la baguette experte de Marc Leroy-Calatayud : si Bizet n’avait en 1872 que vingt-sept musiciens à sa disposition, on profite cette fois d’un tout autre confort sonore, qui rend pleinement justice à sa partition, et l’on souhaite qu’il soit aussi bien servi par les autres formations musicales qui l’escorteront durant les nombreuses étapes de la tournée qui va commencer et qui, cette saison, s’achèvera en mai-juin au Théâtre du Châtelet. This time, in the orchestra pit of the Opéra de Tours, it is the Orchestre Symphonique Région Centre Val-de-Loire/Tours that brings out all the refinement of Bizet's composition, under the expert baton of Marc Leroy-Calatayud. While Bizet had only twenty-seven musicians at his disposal in 1872, we now benefit from a much richer sound, which fully does justice to his score. We hope that other musical ensembles accompanying it during the numerous stops of the upcoming tour, which this season will conclude in May-June at the Théâtre du Châtelet, will serve it just as well.
- Laurent Bury, Concertclassic
- 05 October 2024
Dans la fosse, Marc Leroy-Calatayud fait honneur à la partition en réussissant aussi bien à porter les élans lyriques demandés qu’à ménager des moments de délicatesse qui mettent en valeur la finesse de l’orchestration de Bizet. Sa direction, extrêmement attentive à l’équilibre avec le plateau, vaut par sa souplesse. In the pit, Marc Leroy-Calatayud does justice to the score, successfully conveying both the required lyrical surges and crafting moments of delicacy that highlight the finesse of Bizet's orchestration. His conducting, highly attentive to maintaining balance with the stage, stands out for its flexibility.
- Pierre Venissac, Forumopera
- 08 October 2024
Marc Leroy-Calatayud dirige un orchestre qui était celui de la création. Il fait de la véritable musique de scène, genre dont il retrouve les codes créant le décor, le climat scénique et les coups de théâtre. Il fait entendre la richesse de la partition, son souffle mélodique et rythmique, qui annonce les œuvres à venir et plusieurs idées musicales de Carmen. Le jeune chef déjà applaudi dans Ô mon bel inconnu est soucieux du théâtre essentiel dans le répertoire léger. Marc Leroy-Calatayud conducts an orchestra similar to the original production. He creates authentic stage music, rediscovering the codes of the genre, shaping the atmosphere, the scenic mood, and the dramatic twists. He brings out the richness of the score, its melodic and rhythmic vitality, foreshadowing future works and several musical ideas from Carmen. The young conductor, already applauded in Ô mon bel inconnu, is deeply attentive to the essential theatricality of the light opera repertoire.
- Didier Roumilhac, Résonances lyriques
- 06 October 2024
La conduite minutieuse du chef Marc Leroy-Calatayud souligne le génie orchestral de Bizet et son art de mêler les timbres. The meticulous direction of conductor Marc Leroy-Calatayud highlights Bizet's orchestral genius and his art of blending different timbres.
- Pierre Giangiobbe, Olyrix
- 06 October 2024