Philippe Jordan

Philippe Jordan Conductor

Biography

Born in Switzerland, Philippe Jordan performs on the world’s leading opera stages, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, La Scala in Milan, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Vienna State Opera, as well as at the festivals of Baden-Baden, Aix-en-Provence, Glyndebourne, and Salzburg. He began his career as Music Director of the Ulm Theatre, before serving from 2001 to 2004 as Principal Conductor of the Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra in Graz. From 2006 to 2010, he was Principal Guest Conductor at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. From 2009 to 2021, he served as Music Director of the Paris National Opera.

From 2014 to 2020, he was Chief Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, before becoming Music Director of the Vienna State Opera from 2020 to 2025. He has been appointed Music Director of the Orchestre National de France beginning with the 2027–2028 season. Also highly active on the concert stage, he has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

At the Paris National Opera, he has conducted numerous productions, including Moses und Aron (2015), Der Rosenkavalier (2016), Lohengrin (2017), Don Carlos (2017), Les Troyens (2019), Don Giovanni (2019), Prince Igor (2019), and The Ring Cycle (2020).

Currently in

Immerse in the Paris Opera universe

Corporate Partnerships