Lionel Gaudin-Villard

Born in 1972, Lionel Gaudin-Villard studied orchestral and choral conducting at the Bayonne and Bordeaux Conservatories with Robert Delcroix and Eliane Lavail. In June 1998, he won 1st Prize in the Conducting Competition unanimously by the Bayonne Conservatory jury, following which he successively assisted Hans Graf, Michel Tranchant, Stéphane Cardon, John Nelson and Alexander Kantorov in Bordeaux, Paris and Saint Petersburg. From 2001 to 2008, he was invited to conduct numerous orchestras and choirs in France and abroad, notably in Vienna, Prague, Saint Petersburg and Stockholm. He collaborated for several years with French opera companies and directed the Galas des Amis du Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. In 2008, he created his orchestra, the Gironde Symphony Orchestra. Between 2008 and 2