An innovative and passionate musician, Pascal Rophé is one of France’s most sought-after conductors. He is currently Music Director of the Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, having previously been Music Director of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire and Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège.
Known as one of the leading interpreters of 20th and 21st-century repertoire, Rophé conducts orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ensemble intercontemporain, SWR Symphonieorchester, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, New Japan Philharmonic and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.
Highlights of the 2024/2025 season included re-invitations to conduct the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and BBC Symphony Orchestra, as well as the première of Voyage d’Automne, the latest opera by Bruno Mantovani, at the Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse.
Rophé has received numerous awards and praise from the press for his extensive discography. His most recent recordings – Ravel:Cantates pour le Prix de Rome and Chants d’Auvergne with Carolyn Sampson and the Tapiola Sinfonietta – were respectively described as “fascinating and always seductive” (Gramophone), and “absolutely exemplary” (CRESCENDO Magazine). To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Dutilleux, a recording of works by the composer was released by BIS in 2018. In the same year, Rophé’s recording of works by Dusapin with the Arditti Quartet and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France won the Gramophone Award for Best Contemporary Recording.
