2011/12 marks LIONEL BRINGUIER's fifth season with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the newly-created position of Resident Conductor of the orchestra, further deepening his ties and commitment to an institution and artistic team to which he has shown deep affinity his entire career. It also marks his final season as Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León in Valladolid, Spain.
In Valladolid, his presence spans eight subscription weeks and includes performances around the Castilla y León region. The artistic planning with his Spanish orchestra is built around an in-depth look at the works of Brahms and Beethoven. In the autumn, his first fully-staged opera production of Bizet's Carmen takes him to the Royal Swedish Opera for fourteen performances, with Katarina Dalayman in the title role. Additional guest conducting highlights include engagements with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and the Bamberger Symphoniker.
Winner of the 49th Besançon Young Conductors Competition in 2005, Bringuier was the unanimous choice of the Besançon jury, the “Prix du Public” as audience favourite, as well as the top vote of the musicians of the festival orchestra, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. Since this triumph, he has conducted and been invited to return to some of the top orchestras in the world, including the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Born in Nice, France in 1986, Bringuier attended the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris from the age of thirteen, beginning his conducting studies in 2000 with Zsolt Nagy. He has also participated in masterclasses with Peter Eötvös and Janos Fürst. In June 2004, he obtained his diploma in cello and conducting with "Mention Très Bien à l'unanimité". Other distinctions include the “Médaille d’or à l’unanimité avec les felicitations du jury à l’Académie Prince Rainier III de Monaco”, the “médaille d’or” from the Lord Mayor of Nice as well as first prize in a competition organized by the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra in Ostrava. Bringuier has also received prizes from the Swiss Foundation Langart and the Cziffra Foundation.
