Philippe Bernold began his musical
studies in Colmar, France, studying the flute and later composition and
conducting under René Matter, himself a student of Charles and Fritz
Münch.
He
then attended the Paris Conservatory, where he earned the First prize
in flute and the next year, at the age of 23, was appointed first flute
of the National Opera Orchestra of Lyon. In 1987 he won First Prize in the Jean-Pierre Rampal International Competition in Paris
This
award allowed him to start a career as a soloist, performing with world
famous artists and orchestras such as: M. Rostropovitch, J. P. Rampal,
M. Nordmann, with Paris Orchestra, F. Liszt Orchestra of Budapest,
Manchester Hallé Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, National Orchestra of
Lyon, Tokyo and Kyoto Symphony Orchestra…, he has been directed by S.
Bychkov, J. E. Gardiner, L. Maazel, K. Nagano, Sir Y. Menuhin, M. Inoué,
T. Koopman, in concert halls such as the Royal Festival Hall in London,
Pleyel Hall and Chatelet Theater in Paris, Cologne Philharmonie, Warsaw
Philharmonic, , Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, Seoul Art Center, Tchaïkovsky
Conservatory in Moscow, as well as at the Festivals of Aix-en-Provence,
Cannes, Evian, Strasbourg, Radio France…
Philippe Bernold returned to conducting in 1994, founding "Les Virtuoses de l’Opéra de Lyon"
with the encouragement of conductors John Eliot Gardiner and Kent
Nagano. The ensemble quickly gained a reputation for its high level of
artistry.
Bernold was then appointed
assistant conductor of “Orchestre de Bretagne”. Since then, he has been
invited to conduct concerts with such ensembles as Sinfonia Varsovia
touring in Lisbon, Bilbao, Valence, Nantes and Warsaw, the National
Opera Orchestra of Lyon, Baden Baden Philharmonie, “Ensemble Orchestral
de Paris”, Philharmonic Orchestra of Marseille, Orchestra of the Opera
house of Toulon, Kanazawa Ensemble (Japan), “Bucheon Philharmonic”
(Seoul), San Remo Symphonic Orchestra, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Janacek
Philharmonic Orchestra, Cappella Istropolitana, with whom he is first
gest conductor. In Caracas, (Venezuela) Philippe conducts the famous
“Simon Bolivar orchestra” (Musical director: Gustavo Dudamel).
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