Pascal becomes chief conductor of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
The French conductor Maxime Pascal, who is conducting the "Carmen" performances at Theater Basel this season, will become Chief Conductor of the Swedish Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra from August 2024.
Maxime Pascal is a specialist in French music of the 20th century and new music. In the field of opera, he conducted Salvatore Sciarrino's Te vedo, ti sento, mi perdo at La Scala in Milan, which he later brought to the Staatsoper Berlin. In 2021, he conducted a new production of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Thursday from light at the Philharmonie de Paris. In Geneva, he conducted Peter Eötvös' opera Sleepless.
Founded in 1911, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra (HSO) consists of around 60 musicians. In recent years, it has been conducted by Hans-Peter Frank (1980-1990), Andrew Manze (2006-2014) and, since 2014, Stefan Solyom.
