Orchestre des Champs-Élysées

The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées is devoted to the performance of music written from the mid XVIII to the early XX centuries (from Haydn to Mahler) played on the instruments that existed during the composer’s lifetime. The orchestra performed in almost all the major concert halls such as BOZAR (Brussels) the Musikverein (Vienna), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Barbican Centre (London), Alte Oper (Frankfurt), the Philharmonic Halls in Berlin and Munich, the Gewandhaus (Leipzig), the Lincoln Center (New York), Parco della Musica (Rome) and the Auditoriums of Dijon and Lucerne. The orchestra also toured Japan, Korea, China and Australia.

Philippe Herreweghe is the artistic director and principal conductor, but the orchestra played under several guest conductors, among them Daniel Harding, Louis Langrée, Christophe Coin, and René Jacobs. Under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe, the orchestra is also continuing its artistic collaboration with the Collegium Vocale Gent. This collaboration has resulted in award-winning CD recordings that have been highly praised by the international press. The Orchestre des Champs Elysées feels passionately about offering an innovative approach to music and therefore, at each one of its concerts it offers the possibility of public rehearsals, conferences, or meetings and workshops with classes of schoolchildren. The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, which is associated with the TAP – Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers and has a residence in Nouvelle Aquitaine, is subsidised by the DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region and the City of Poitiers. For its tours abroad, the orchestra receives occasional support from the Institut Français and SPEDIDAM (Société de Perception et de Distribution des Droits des Artistes-Interprètes). It also receives support from the Fondation Orange for the project in Nouvelle Aquitaine Chœur et Orchestre des Jeunes and from AG2R La Mondiale and the Department of Vienne for the project musique & mémoire.