räsonanz – München 2025
Franck Ollu
Biography
Franck Ollu is a versatile conductor, widely acknowledged as an expert in the field of both contemporary and French music.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pierre Boulez, during 2025 Franck Ollu will conduct Les Siècles in a series of concerts, including performances in Paris, Munich, Berlin and Bucharest. Recent and future highlights include the Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra at Musica Viva in Munich, Budapest Festival, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Norwegian Opera, Polish National Radio Symphony and Basel Chamber Orchestras. He has conducted at the Konzerthaus Stockholm in a festival focusing on the music of George Benjamin and is regularly invited to Radio France’s annual Festival Présences.
During the last couple of seasons Franck has conducted the world premiere of Thierry Escaich’s Shirine at Lyon Opera, and the French premiere of Dusapin’s Macbeth Underworld at the Opéra Comique in Paris. Other recent operatic engagements include a new production of Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero and Rihm’s Das Gehege at La Monnaie and revivals of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande at Strasbourg Opera and Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg in Lille. Franck has been invited to conduct the world premiere performances of many important opera titles, including Benjamin’s Into the Little Hill (Opéra Bastille), Bianchi’s Thanks to My Eyes (Festival Aix-en-Provence), Dusapin’s Penthésiléa (La Monnaie) and Passion (Festival Aix-en-Provence).
He has a particularly close relationship with Ensemble Modern which has led to numerous opera performances, including at the Salzburg Festival . They have also collaborated in orchestral repertoire, and recently he conducted concerts in Cologne and Frankfurt to celebrate their 40th anniversary year.
Franck is a committed teacher and mentor and has an established relationship with the Conservatoire National Supérieur of Music and Dance in Paris.
August 2024