Franck Ollu

Franck Ollu is a versatile conductor, widely acknowledged as an expert in the field of both contemporary and French music. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pierre Boulez, during 2025 Franck Ollu conducts Les Siècles in a series of concerts, including performances in Paris, Munich, Berlin and Bucharest. Recent and future highlights include the Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra at Musica Viva in Munich, Budapest Festival, Orchestre National de Lyon, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Norwegian Opera, Polish National Radio Symphony and Basel Chamber Orchestras. He has conducted at the Stockholm Concert Hall in a festival focusing on the music of George Benjamin and is regularly invited to Radio France’s annual Festival „Présences“. During the last couple of seasons Franck has conducted the world premiere of Thierry Escaich’s „Shirine“ at Lyon Opera, and the French premiere of Dusapin’s „Macbeth Underworld“ at the Opéra Comique in Paris.  Other recent operatic engagements include a new production of Dallapiccola’s „Il Prigioniero“ and Rihm’s „Das Gehege“ at La Monnaie and revivals of Debussy’s „Pelléas et Mélisande“ at Strasbourg Opera and Zemlinsky’s „Der Zwerg“ in Lille. Franck has been invited to conduct the world premiere performances of many important opera titles, including Benjamin’s „Into the Little Hill“ (Opéra Bastille), Bianchi’s „Thanks to My Eyes“ (Festival Aix-en-Provence), Dusapin’s „Penthésiléa“ (La Monnaie) and „Passion“ (Festival Aix-en-Provence). He has a particularly close relationship with Ensemble Modern which has led to numerous opera performances, including at the Salzburg Festival. They have also collaborated in orchestral repertoire, and recently he conducted concerts in Cologne and Frankfurt to celebrate their 40th anniversary year. Franck is a committed teacher and mentor and has an established relationship with the Conservatoire National Supérieur of Music and Dance in Paris.