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Alphonse Cemin

In the 2024/25 season, Alphonse Cemin conducts George Benjamin’s Picture a Day Like This at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg, Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi with English Touring Opera in the UK, and embarks on a European tour, including performances at the Elbphilharmonie and the BBC Proms, featuring Boulez’s Le Marteau sans Maître.

Recent engagements include Bellini’s I puritani with the Athens State Orchestra, Rossini’s La Cenerentola at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and the Opéra de Rouen, and Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride at the Opéra de Nancy. Other notable productions include Rameau’s Les Indes galantes and Tomás Bordalejo’s Bureau 470 at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, as well as George Benjamin’s Into the Little Hill at the Théâtre de l’Athénée and the Opéra de Lille.

Alphonse Cemin is a founding member of the ensemble Le Balcon, where he plays a pivotal role in its artistic projects, contributing as a pianist, conductor, artistic advisor, and musical director.

He also serves as the musical director of the Lundis Musicaux at the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris, where renowned artists such as Dame Felicity Lott, Christoph Prégardien, Sandrine Piau, Nahuel Di Pierro, Malcolm Martineau, Michael Spyres, Dorothea Röschmann, Julia Kleiter, and Julius Drake have performed. Additionally, Cemin frequently performs as a pianist, collaborating with singers such as Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Marianne Crebassa for recitals.