Jérémie Rhorer burst onto the international music scene nearly twenty years ago with his irresistible interpretation of Mozart’s operas. Since then, he has pursued his path between the operatic and symphonic repertoires, conducting both his ensemble, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, and the orchestras that have invited him all over the world.

Born in Paris in 1973, he was already practising music at a high level as a child, as part of the Radio France Maîtrise. Drawn to conducting, he later studied with Emil Tchakarov, Karajan’s renowned assistant. However, it is through composition, which he studied with Thierry Escaich, that Jérémie Rhorer fully embraced the profession of conductor. He continues to nurture this link with composition through the works he writes, but also by conducting the music of today, whether that of Thierry Escaich or other contemporary composers. Other key encounters in the conductor’s career have been with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, whose ideas inspired him, and with William Christie, who gave him his first experience at the helm of his orchestra. Since 2005 Rhorer has been working with his own ensemble, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, which has specialised itself in the performance of 18th and 19th century music in its original pitch on period instruments. With his musicians, Jérémie Rhorer explores the long road from Haydn and Mozart to Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Bruckner. On the operatic side, the ensemble follows the chronological thread that links Gluck, Berlioz, Auber, Spontini and Cherubini, through to the great Romantic repertoire of Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi and soon Wagner. A large number of recordings attest to the total commitment of the 2017 Musikfest Prize laureate, who has consistently set new standards in Bremen as well: he made his Musikfest debut in 2008 and has been a regular guest on the banks of the Weser ever since. Between 2012 and 2017 he staged Mozart’s trilogy of Da Ponte operas, and between 2019 and 2023, Giuseppe Verdi’s legendary »trilogia popolare«; he also captivated the Musikfest audience with Berlioz’s »Messe solennelle« in 2017 at Verden Cathedral.

Called upon by symphony orchestras too, he explores the Germanic repertoire with the Leipzig Gewandhaus, French music with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, pursues a Tchaikovsky cycle with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (voted orchestra of the year at the 2023 Gramophone Classic Music Awards) and in 2023 makes his debut with the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome.

In 2025, Jérémie Rhorer was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture.