Pierre Bleuse

Pierre Bleuse (born 6 November 1977) is a French violinist and conductor.

Biography Bleuse was born in Boulogne-Billancourt into a family of musicians: his father Marc Bleuse is a composer, his mother Anne Fondeville is an opera singer, his brother Emmanuel is a cellist and his sister Jeanne is a pianist. Bleuse began his musical studies on violin at the Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt in the classes of Jean Lenert and Suzanne Gessner. He graduated with a 1st prize in 2002, and studied further at the Berlin University of the Arts. He was concertmaster and associate conductor of the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra from 2000 to 2010. He has also worked as an assistant at the Opéra de Lyon from 2017, notably in the production of Orfeo ed Euridice, directed by David Morten. After being spotted by Thierry Fischer in 2014 at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, he was invited for his U.S. debut to conduct the Utah Symphony in Salt Lake City in July 2016. performed at the Grand Théâtre de Provence. In December 2021, the Ensemble intercontemporain announced the appointment of Bleuse as its next music director, effective with the 2023–2024 season, with an initial contract of 4 years.