French conductor Lionel Bringuier is one of the most engaging conductors of his generation, heralded for his artistic maturity and insightful programming. He appears frequently  with  the world’s preeminent orchestras, and collaborates with top artists both in concert and on acclaimed recordings.

During the 2017/2018 season, Mr. Bringuier serves as Artiste associé with Orchestre National de Lyon. Additionally, the season includes engagements with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Finnish & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestras, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y León, Gulbenkian Symphony Orchestra, and Malaysian Philharmonic, among others. Bringuier debuts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in July 2017, and returns  to  the  Los Angeles Philharmonic in March 2018.

Named Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Tonhalle  Orchestra  Zurich  in  2012, Lionel now enters his seventh season with the ensemble. Following the inauguration of  the Creative Chair Initiative in his first season in Zurich, this season Lionel will collaborate with the composer Brett Dean.

Bringuier has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, and Munich Philharmonic, and has conducted numerous premieres, including  Rands’  Concerto  for  English Horn and Orchestra, Salonen’s Karawane, and the Swiss premiere of Saariaho’s “Trans” for Harp and Orchestra. His discography includes two Ravel compilations on Deutsche Grammophon.

Mr. Bringuier was named  a Chevalier de l’Ordre National du  Mérite by the French government, and has been lauded with the “Médaille d’or à l’unanimité avec les félicitations du jury à l’Académie Prince Rainier III de Monaco” and the “Médaille d’or” from the city of Nice.

In 2007, Bringuier was selected to serve as Assistant Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He became the youngest to do so in the orchestra’s history, and was reappointed to the position under Gustavo Dudamel and promoted to Resident Conductor in 2011.