Fayçal Karoui

As Music Director of Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn in France since 2001, Fayçal Karoui has collaborated with artists such as Nelson Freire, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon. He was the Music Director of the New York City Ballet from 2006 to 2012 winning high praises from critics there: “One of the best reasons for watching City Ballet these days is listening, especially when its Music Director, Fayçal Karoui, is conducting.” (The New York Times) From 2012 to 2014, he was Music Director of Orchestre Lamoureux. As guest conductor, Karoui has been invited by the world’s top ballet companies such as Opéra National de Paris, Dutch National Ballet and Vienna’s Staatsballett. He has also conducted such prestigious orchestras as Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma and Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. Fayçal Karoui was a prizewinner at Concours International de Jeunes Chefs d’Orchestre de Besançon in 1999 and winner of the First Prize in Conducting at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris in 1997.