BAUDO, SERGE

Joining the Paris Opéra Orchestra at the age of 22 as percussionist and pianist, Serge Baudo has worked as a composer with Joseph Kosma, Maurice Jarre and Louis Malle. In 1959 he turned to a career as a conductor, heading the Orchestra de la Radio de Nice. In 1962 he was invited by Herbert von Karajan to conduct Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala, Milan, as well as several concerts in Berlin. In 1962 he was appointed permanent conductor of the Paris Opéra, then of the Orchestre de Paris, from its foundation in 1967, together with Charles Munch. He was musical director of the Orchestre National de Lyon until 1989. As a guest conductor Serge Baudo has appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Philharmonia, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Orchestra in Tokyo, the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Paris Opéra Bastille, and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, among others. Serge Baudo is now musical director of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, and is the founder of the Festival Berlioz in Lyons.

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CANTELOUBE: Chants d'Auvergne (selections), Vol. 2 / Chant de France / Triptyque	8.570338