Marie Jacquot
{{Short description|French conductor (born 1990)}}
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| birth_date = 1990
| birth_place = Paris
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Marie Jacquot (born 1990 in Paris{{cite news | title=Marie Jacquot, première femme nommée directrice musicale de l'Orchestre Symphonique de la WDR | url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/marie-jacquot-premiere-femme-nommee-directrice-musicale-de-l-orchestre-symphonique-de-la-wdr-9932495 | work=France Musique | author=Louis-Valentin Lopez | date=25 January 2024 | accessdate=26 January 2024 | archive-date=16 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916001736/https://www.radiofrance.fr/*/marie-jacquot-premiere-femme-nommee-directrice-musicale-de-l-orchestre-symphonique-de-la-wdr-9932495 | url-status=live }}) is a French orchestra conductor. She is music director of the Royal Danish Orchestra.
Biography
Raised in Lucé near Chartres, Jacquot began her music studies on piano, and subsequently learned to play trombone. Initially, she pursued a tennis career and took part in the French Open in the junior category.{{cite news | title=Qui est Marie Jacquot, révélation chef d'orchestre des Victoires de la musique classique 2024? | url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/qui-est-marie-jacquot-revelation-chef-d-orchestre-des-victoires-de-la-musique-classique-2024-6503110 | work=France Musique | author=Suzana Kubik | date=1 February 2024 | access-date=2 September 2024 | archive-date=2 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902132447/https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/qui-est-marie-jacquot-revelation-chef-d-orchestre-des-victoires-de-la-musique-classique-2024-6503110 | url-status=live }} At age 15, she changed her focus to music, specifically trombone, versus tennis.{{cite web | title="Ich hatte das Gefühl, ich kämpfe gegen mich selbst" | website=Deutschlandfunk | date=15 August 2021 | url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ehemalige-tennisspielerin-marie-jacquot-ich-hatte-das-100.html | language=de | access-date=16 September 2024 | archive-date=8 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308114245/https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ehemalige-tennisspielerin-marie-jacquot-ich-hatte-das-100.html | url-status=live }} She continued her music studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Uroš Lajovic{{cite web | title=Franz Schubert Institut für Blas- und Schlaginstrumente in der Musikpädagogik | website=Marie Jacquot | date=1 October 2019 | url=https://www.mdw.ac.at/fsi/?PageId=4206 | language=de | access-date=16 September 2024}} and at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar with Nicolás Pasquet.{{cite web | title=Förderprogramme – Charlotte-Krupp-Stipendium – Krupp-Stipendiat*innen | website=Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar | url=https://www.hfm-weimar.de/foerdern/neue-liszt-stiftung/foerderprogramme/charlotte-krupp-stipendium/krupp-stipendiatinnen | language=de | access-date=16 September 2024 | archive-date=16 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916001841/https://www.hfm-weimar.de/foerdern/neue-liszt-stiftung/foerderprogramme/charlotte-krupp-stipendium/krupp-stipendiatinnen | url-status=live }}
In 2016, Jacquot was assistant of Kirill Petrenko at the Bavarian State Opera.{{cite web | title=Marie Jacquot | website=Staatsoper Berlin | url=https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/kuenstler/marie-jacquot.2238/ | language=de | access-date=16 September 2024}}{{cite web | title=BR-KLASSIK: Marie Jacquot dirigiert Elgar und Strauss | website=BR.de | date=9 August 2023 | url=https://www.br.de/br-fernsehen/programmkalender/sendung-3882338.html | language=de | access-date=16 September 2024}} From 2016 to 2019, Jacquot was Erste Kapellmeisterin and chorus master at the Würzburg Opera.{{cite news | title=L'irrésistible ascension de Marie Jacquot | url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/l-invite-e-du-jour/service-gagnant-pour-la-cheffe-d-orchestre-marie-jacquot-1277558 | work=France Musique | author= | date=9 April 2024 | access-date=2 September 2024 | archive-date=2 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902132445/https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/l-invite-e-du-jour/service-gagnant-pour-la-cheffe-d-orchestre-marie-jacquot-1277558 | url-status=live }} She conducted Verdi's Nabucco, Mozart's Idomeneo, Rossini's The Barber of Seville and Bartók's Herzog Blaubarts Burg.{{cite web | title=Marie Jacquot · Duisburger Philharmoniker · Spielzeit 2024/2025 | website=Duisburger Philharmoniker · Spielzeit 2024/2025 | date=20 June 2023 | url=https://duisburger-philharmoniker.de/duisburger-philharmoniker/unsere-gast-interpreten/marie-jacquot/ | access-date=16 September 2024}} From 2019 to 2022, she was Erste Kapellmeisterin at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf/Duisburg). Productions were Verdi's La Traviata, Saint-Saëns' Samson and Delilah and Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel.
In February 2022, the Royal Danish Orchestra (Det Kongelige Kapel) announced the appointment of Jacquot as its next music director, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.{{cite press release | url=https://via.ritzau.dk/embedded/release/marie-jacquot-appointed-chief-conductor-for-the-royal-danish-theatre?publisherId=3885992&releaseId=13641054 | title=Marie Jacquot appointed Chief Conductor for The Royal Danish Theatre | publisher=Royal Danish Theatre | date=1 February 2022 | access-date=25 January 2024 | archive-date=16 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916011501/https://via.ritzau.dk/embedded/release/13641054/marie-jacquot-appointed-chief-conductor-for-the-royal-danish-theatre?publisherId=3885992 | url-status=live }}
In March 2023, the Vienna Symphony announced the appointment of Jacquot as its next principal guest conductor (Erste Gastdirigentin), the first female conductor to be named to the post, effective with the 2023–2024 season.{{cite press release | title=Marie Jacquot becomes Principal Guest Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra | url=https://www.rbartists.at/en/news-1/marie-jacquot-to-be-first-guest-conductor-of-the-vienna-symphony | publisher=Künstleragentur Dr. Raab & Dr. Böhm | date=24 March 2023 | access-date=25 January 2024 | archive-date=16 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916001740/https://www.rbartists.at/en/news-1/marie-jacquot-to-be-first-guest-conductor-of-the-vienna-symphony | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Marie Jacquot | website=Wiener Symphoniker | url=https://www.wienersymphoniker.at/en/person/marie-jacquot | access-date=16 September 2024 | archive-date=26 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826051502/https://www.wienersymphoniker.at/en/person/marie-jacquot | url-status=live }}
Jacquot first guest-conducted the WDR Symphony Orchestra in December 2022. In January 2024, the orchestra announced the appointment of Jacquot as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2026–2027 season, with an initial contract of 4 years.{{cite press release | url=https://www1.wdr.de/orchester-und-chor/sinfonieorchester/orchester/chefdirigent/jacquot-chefdirigentin-100.html | language=de | title=Marie Jacquot wird neue Chefdirigentin des WDR Sinfonieorchesters | publisher=WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne | date=25 January 2024 | access-date=25 January 2024 | archive-date=19 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819160550/https://www1.wdr.de/orchester-und-chor/sinfonieorchester/orchester/chefdirigent/jacquot-chefdirigentin-100.html | url-status=live }} Jacquot is the first female conductor to be named chief conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra.{{cite web | last=Hartmann | first=Bernhard | title=Erstmals eine Frau an der Spitze: Marie Jacquot wird Chefdirigentin beim WDR | website=General-Anzeiger Bonn | date=25 January 2024 | url=https://ga.de/news/kultur-und-medien/regional/marie-jacquot-wird-chefdirigentin-beim-wdr_aid-105814395 | language=de | access-date=16 September 2024 | archive-date=16 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916011600/https://ga.de/app/consent/ | url-status=live }}
On 29 February 2024, Jacquot was announced as the 2024 Révélation cheffe d'orchestre during the 31st "Victoires de la Musique Classique" ceremony.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web | last=Mauró | first=Helmut | title=Klassik-Dirigentin Marie Jacquot: Genau die Richtige | website=Süddeutsche.de | date=14 February 2024 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/dirigentin-marie-jacquot-muenchner-philharmoniker-kristine-tj-gersen-1.6359299 | language=de | access-date=16 September 2024}}
- {{cite web | last=Dohmen | first=Nele | title=Düsseldorfer Oper hat Geschäftsführerin und Kapellmeisterin | website=Westdeutsche Zeitung | date=13 September 2019 | url=https://www.wz.de/nrw/duesseldorf/duesseldorfer-oper-hat-geschaeftsfuehrerin-und-kapellmeisterin_aid-45822529 | language=de | access-date=16 September 2024}}
External links
- {{official|https://marie-jacquot.com/}}
- [https://www.rbartists.at/en/artists/marie-jacquot Künstleragentur Dr. Raab & Dr. Böhm Agency page on Marie Jacquot]
- {{cite web | title=Marie Jacquot | website=Wiener Symphoniker | url=https://www.wienersymphoniker.at/en/person/marie-jacquot | access-date=16 September 2024}}
- {{cite web | title=The Royal Danish Orchestra | website=Det KGL Teater | date=14 August 2024 | url=https://kglteater.dk/en/about-us/arts/the-royal-danish-orchestra?section=57918 | access-date=16 September 2024}}
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