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Adam Gatehouse, director Adam Gatehouse was born in London and began studying the piano at the age of four. He entered the Royal College of Music in London at the age of eleven, studying piano and clarinet. After graduating from university with a degree in music and English, he studied conducting at the Guildhall School of Music in London, where his teachers included Sir Adrian Boult and André Previn. He started his professional career as Musical Director of Ballet Rambert, Britain's oldest dance company, and conducted over 600 performances with them throughout Britain and abroad over a four year period. He made his debut in the Netherlands in 1977 and was immediately invited to become Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Dutch National Ballet, a post he filled until 1989. He has conducted many of the Netherlands' leading orchestras, including three of the radio orchestras with whom he has regularly broadcast. From 1980-1989 he was Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Dutch National Youth Orchestra, which he built into one of the most prestigious youth orchestras in Europe with highly acclaimed performances of Strauss, Bruckner, Mahler, Bartok and Stravinsky. He also made many tours with the orchestra to Italy, Greece, Spain, Belgium and the UK. In 1982 he made his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducting the Royal Ballet, returning to work with them in 1990. He made his US debut in 1983 in New York with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1985 he made his debut in Spain, conducting the Orchestra of the City of Barcelona. In September 1986 he conducted on the occasion of the opening of Amsterdam's new Opera House. He has also worked extensively in Spain (with the Orchestras of Barcelona, San Sebastian and Tenerife) and in France with the Lamoureux Orchestra in Paris and the Orchestra of Bordeaux Aquitaine. He has conducted Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, and La Finta Giardiniera in the Netherlands and made his debut in Canada as guest conductor with the Canadian National Ballet. His work has taken him to many European countries, the U.S.A., Canada and the Far East. From 1988-1991 Adam Gatehouse was also artistic advisor to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In 1991 Adam Gatehouse returned to Great Britain to take up a post as producer, later executive producer and now Editor with BBC Radio 3. In this capacity he has worked with many leading artists such as James Levine, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Mariss Jansons, Pierre Boulez and Esa Pekka Salonen. He is executive producer of the prestigious BBC Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concerts, working with artists and ensembles such as Shura Cherkassky, the Alban Berg Quartet, Mitsuko Uchida, Itzhak Perlman, the Beaux Arts Trio, Stephen Kovacevich and Ian Bostridge. Currently, he is Radio 3’s Editor Live Music, with special responsibility for chamber music. He also founded and continues to run Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme, nurturing the careers of outstanding young artists such as Paul Lewis, Steven Osborne, Alice Coote, the Belcea and Jerusalem String Quartets and Cédric Tiberghien. Adam Gatehouse has also produced documentaries on the lives of Rudolf Nureyev, Yehudi Menuhin, Georg Solti, Berlioz, Shostakovich and Prokofiev, the latter winning a prestigious Sony Award for Best Music Documentary 2003. For the Festival, Adam is in charge of all artistic matters and programming, as well as developing the strategy, aims and activities of the Festival de Valloires. Françoise Clerc, administrator Françoise Clerc studied at the Sorbonne and the École Nationale des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (ENSATT) where she took a course in arts adminstration and theatre production. On graduating, she worked at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, first as producer's assistant and then supporting the artistic director. She later became touring administrator for the Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix en Provence. From 1999 to 2002, Françoise was European administrator for an international music programme of a youth orchestra based in North Carolina, organising tours throughout Europe with young musicians from all over the world. After working on various projects, especially with Les Arts Florissants, Françoise joined IMG Artists in Paris as project manager, and promoted concerts and staged performances which she toured throughout France. She was also producer for Nomade conceived and directed by Robert Carsen, with Ute Lemper, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in 2003. This production was later filmed. In early 2002 she was appointed joint producer at the Théâtre National de l'Odéon until she moved to London in December 2004. In the UK, as well as her work for the Festival de Valloires, she set up her own company, No Time To Do It Myself, www.nttdim.com, which supports busy musicians in their everyday life. For the Festival de Valloires, Françoise is responsible for fundraising, building partnerships, financial matters and administration. Hélène Segré, marketing and France PR Hélène Segré started like as a professional musician, which amply qualifies her for her role as a press attachee in the classical music field. Indeed it was her love of music that drove her to start working on behalf of artists, firstly for the record industry, and for the last four years with her own PR company "l'air de rien". Valerie Barber, UK PR Valerie Barber's knowledge of classical music and the media complements the energy and enthusiasm that she brings to every project. She works with both emerging or established names, including Wigmore Hall, London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hallé and Mark Elder. http://www.vbpr.co.uk Nicole Contencin, in charge of "The Friends of the Festival" Nicole Contencin is a French copywriter. Her passion is music. She took charge as a volonteer of Les Amis du Festival Valloires which brings together Festival "aficionados" who through their active support and interest become privileged members. |