Nicolas Simon

Principal conductor of the Orchestre de Caen, founder, artistic and musical director of La Symphonie de Poche, musical director of the Yellow Socks Orchestra, head of the Démos project, Nicolas Simon is a conductor who passes on his knowledge. He is constantly striving to renew the close ties between performers, composers and audiences.

Nicolas Simon is appreciated by the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lorraine, the Orchestre National de Metz, the Orchestre de Picardie, the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen, the Orchestre de Chambre de Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Orchestre National de France and the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse; and abroad, with the London Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Sinfonie Orchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra and the Palestine Youth Orchestra.

In opera, he has conducted La Dame Blanche in Rennes, Compiègne, Quimper, Tourcoing, Dunkerque, Besançon and Saint-Céré.  Zaïde in Rennes, Nantes, Quimper, Besançon, Avignon, Pelléas et Mélisande in Caen and Le docteur Miracle in Poitiers and Bordeaux.

June 2024