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Appointed associate conductor of
the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra by Myung Whun Chung
himself, from 2006 to 2012, Paul Meyer conducted over
thirty symphonic programs and, in collaboration with the
Music Director, established an Orchestral Academy
designed to prepare young musicians for orchestral
discipline. In 2009, Paul Meyer was appointed Principal
Conductor of the Kosei Orchestra in Tokyo, with which he
explores contemporary repertoire and gives concerts in
Tokyo (Tokyo Opera City), as well as touring in Japan
and abroad.
This season, Paul Meyer will conduct the following
orchestras : Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre
National d’Ile de France, Danish Symphony Orchestra,
Tonkünstler Niederösterreich, Prague Philharmonic,
Skopje Philharmonic, Orchestre de Chambre de |
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Lausanne, Stuttgarter
Kammerorchester, Württembergisches Kammerorchester, the
Tokyo Kosei Orchestra... His career as a soloist has
taken him to Tokyo, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los
Angeles, as well as the Concertgebouw and Salle Pleyel
in Paris. He will also be premiering concertos by
Thierry Escaich and Edith Canat de Chizy.
In recent seasons, Paul Meyer has conducted the
following orchestras: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio
France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg,
Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Orchestre symphonique
de Mulhouse, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Marseille,
Orchestre de Bordeaux, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse,
Orchestre de Bretagne, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris,
Orchestre National d’Ile de France, Orchestre des
Concerts Lamoureux, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège,
Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra,
China Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic
Orchestra, Taipeh Symphonic Orchestra, Orchestre
Symphonique de Taïpeh, Sinfonia Varsovia, Copenhagen
Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa,
Orcestra Giuseppe Verdi di Milano, Russian National
Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic, Prague Symphony
Orchestra, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamburger
Sinfoniker, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Bilbao
Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Graz Symphony Orchestra.
As a soloist Paul Meyer has
performed with the major orchestras, including:
Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique
de Radio France, Orchestre de Paris, Koninklijk
Concertgebouworkest, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,
Deutsches Symphonie- Orchester Berlin, WDR
Rundfunkorchester Köln, Los Angeles Philharmonic,
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, ... .
Paul Meyer’s recording activities include more than 40
cds with major labels such as DGG, Sony, RCA, EMI,
Virgin, Alpha and Aeon which have won numerous awards:
Fono-Forum, Diapason d’Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique,
Gramophon, Grammy Awards, … . Paul Meyer’s most recent
recording as a conductor, with the Brussels Philharmonic,
features works by John Corigliano and Eliott Carter. It
will be released by Aeon in autumn 2012. Other new
releases include his recording under the Alpha label of
Louis Spohr’s 4 clarinet concertos with the Orchestre de
Chambre de Lausanne and, under the Ambitus label, Joseph
Haydn’s horn concertos, with the Stuttgarter
Kammerorchester.
Paul Meyer is a very active performer of contemporary
music and many concertos have been composed for him,
including works by Penderecki, Jarrell, Chen, Berio,
Escaich and Dusapin. Contemporary repertoire also
features regularly in his performances as guest
conductor. Peter Eötvös has been commissioned to write a
clarinet concerto which will be premiered in 2018 during
the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Orchestre de
la Suisse Romande.
Paul Meyer was born in Mulhouse in 1965. He made his
debut in 1982, at the very young age of 17, as laureate
of the prestigious Eurovision Contest. In 1983, he was
appointed principal clarinet with the Orchestre de
l’Opéra de Lyon, then with the Ensemble
intercontemporain in 1984 and with the Opéra de Paris in
1985. He soon left these orchestras to begin an
international career as soloist. Simultaneously his
passion for conducting led him early on to study with
Charles Bruck at the Pierre Monteux school in Maine,
John Carewe (professor of Sir Simon Rattle and Daniel
Harding, among others) with whom he worked as assistant
at the Northern Junior Philharmonic, as well as
assistant of Marek Janowski at the Philharmonique de
Radio France and Emmanuel Krivine.
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