I learned music starting with violin when I was about 5 years old. I immediately fell in love with this instrument, thanks to a violin teacher who came to play in my nursery school. What’s funny is that my grand-grandfather used to play violin, but my grandfather never liked it… and I finaly inherited his violin. Then I entered my city’s conservatoire and discovered trumpet, which I also fell in love with. I was prompt to fall in love with music instruments at that age I guess! So I studied both to a professional level, and later specialized in trumpet, in Paris Conservatoire.
It’s about that time I got interested in conducting, and my first teacher, Jean-Sébastien Béreau, gave me, beside technique and musical knowledge, a real love for it, for music, and for what makes music extraordinary. It’s what I want to pass on when conducting now, to try to touch a bit of magic in this world, and reach pure moments of grace to share with the musicians and the audience. I’m convinced that the world needs it more and more, especially those days, to remind us of our humanity.
Christophe Eliot
BIOGRAPHY
“Christophe Eliot has a meticulous approach to score analysis, and shows a precise and clear conducting technique. He is a true musician with ideas, and he knows how to transmit them.”
Jean-Sébastien Béreau
(Former conducting teacher at Paris Conservatoire – CNSMDP)
“A very fine Mahler conductor”
Neeme Järvi
“Mr. Eliot is with certainty a very good musician, a very talented conductor, who deserves all the support we can give him. I wish him a very successful career”
Martin Sieghart
A versatile French conductor, Christophe Eliot is a true musician, one of those who gives everything so that music can reach pure moments of grace.
Before he devoted himself to conducting, he studied both violin and trumpet at a professional level, played in some of the best French orchestras, including Paris Opera, and was awarded three Prizes at International Trumpet Competitions.
Christophe Eliot’s professional engagements led him to conduct Orchestre National d’Ile de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lorraine, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Orchestre National de Lyon, and Prague City Philharmonic Orchestra.
Christophe Eliot conducts music of various styles with the same determination for quality and accuracy in the interpretation, whether it is classical repertoire, film music or jazz… He defends that every kind of music deserves to be interpreted with dedication, and he loves discovering new or forgotten pieces.
His repertoire includes works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Dvorak, Debussy, Ravel, Mahler, Stravinsky, Bernstein, Rota, Steiner, Williams, among others. He is particularly interested in historical instrument interpretation, concerning the classical period.
Founder and Artistic Director of the Paris Star Pop Orchestra, Christophe Eliot specialized in “films with synchronized orchestra” concerts. He notably conducted “Back to the Future”, “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars”, being now one of the few John Williams-approved conductors. He collaborated with film composers Howard Shore for “Lord of the Rings”, Hans Zimmer for his “Hans Zimmer Live” tours, and performed with jazz singer Melody Gardot at the Paris Olympia Hall.
His work also includes numerous studio recordings for cinema, TV, commercials and video games. He notably recorded the french song “Les mots bleus” with a string orchestra for Gautier Capuçon’s television appearance on New Year’s Eve 2021 ; pieces by Mozart and Sacchini on historical instruments, with Opéra Royal de Versailles in 2022, for the series “Franklin”, starring Michael Douglas ; the soundtracks of “The Jungle Bunch 2”, and the series “Pil”, with Orchestre National d’Ile-de-France in 2023 and 2024.
Occasionally working as an arranger, he wrote numerous brass ensemble and brass quintet arrangements, but also symphonic orchestrations for the music of the video game “Animal Crossing”, and an orchestral suite of the French film “Quai des brumes” music, by Maurice Jaubert.
Graduated from Paris National Conservatoire, Christophe Eliot studied with Jean-Sébastien Béreau, Nicolas Brochot, and refined his skills in masterclasses with Neeme Järvi, Jorma Panula, Martin Sieghart, Gunther Neuhold and Alim Shakh. He was also personnaly invited by Gustavo Dudamel to watch his rehearsals in Paris Opera during season 2022/2023.
I learned music starting with violin when I was about 5 years old. I immediately fell in love with this instrument, thanks to a violin teacher who came to play in my nursery school. What’s funny is that my grand-grandfather used to play violin, but my grandfather never liked it… and I finaly inherited his violin. Then I entered my city’s conservatoire and discovered trumpet, which I also fell in love with. I was prompt to fall in love with music instruments at that age I guess! So I studied both to a professional level, and later specialized in trumpet, in Paris Conservatoire.
It’s about that time I got interested in conducting, and my first teacher, Jean-Sébastien Béreau, gave me, beside technique and musical knowledge, a real love for it, for music, and for what makes music extraordinary. It’s what I want to pass on when conducting now, to try to touch a bit of magic in this world, and reach pure moments of grace to share with the musicians and the audience. I’m convinced that the world needs it more and more, especially those days, to remind us of our humanity.
Christophe Eliot
I learned music starting with violin when I was about 5 years old. I immediately fell in love with this instrument, thanks to a violin teacher who came to play in my nursery school. What’s funny is that my grand-grandfather used to play violin, but my grandfather never liked it… and I finaly inherited his violin. Then I entered my city’s conservatoire and discovered trumpet, which I also fell in love with. I was prompt to fall in love with music instruments at that age I guess! So I studied both to a professional level, and later specialized in trumpet, in Paris Conservatoire.
It’s about that time I got interested in conducting, and my first teacher, Jean-Sébastien Béreau, gave me, beside technique and musical knowledge, a real love for it, for music, and for what makes music extraordinary. It’s what I want to pass on when conducting now, to try to touch a bit of magic in this world, and reach pure moments of grace to share with the musicians and the audience. I’m convinced that the world needs it more and more, especially those days, to remind us of our humanity.
Christophe Eliot
BIOGRAPHY
“Christophe Eliot has a meticulous approach to score analysis, and shows a precise and clear conducting technique. He is a true musician with ideas, and he knows how to transmit them.”
Jean-Sébastien Béreau
(Former conducting teacher at Paris Conservatoire – CNSMDP)
“A very fine Mahler conductor”
Neeme Järvi
“Mr. Eliot is with certainty a very good musician, a very talented conductor, who deserves all the support we can give him. I wish him a very successful career”
Martin Sieghart
A versatile French conductor, Christophe Eliot is a true musician, one of those who gives everything so that music can reach pure moments of grace.
Before he devoted himself to conducting, he studied both violin and trumpet at a professional level, played in some of the best French orchestras, including Paris Opera, and was awarded three Prizes at International Trumpet Competitions.
Christophe Eliot’s professional engagements led him to conduct Orchestre National d’Ile de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lorraine, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Orchestre National de Lyon, and Prague City Philharmonic Orchestra.
Christophe Eliot conducts music of various styles with the same determination for quality and accuracy in the interpretation, whether it is classical repertoire, film music or jazz… He defends that every kind of music deserves to be interpreted with dedication, and he loves discovering new or forgotten pieces.
His repertoire includes works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Dvorak, Debussy, Ravel, Mahler, Stravinsky, Bernstein, Rota, Steiner, Williams, among others. He is particularly interested in historical instrument interpretation, concerning the classical period.
Founder and Artistic Director of the Paris Star Pop Orchestra, Christophe Eliot specialized in “films with synchronized orchestra” concerts. He notably conducted “Back to the Future”, “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars”, being now one of the few John Williams-approved conductors. He collaborated with film composers Howard Shore for “Lord of the Rings”, Hans Zimmer for his “Hans Zimmer Live” tours, and performed with jazz singer Melody Gardot at the Paris Olympia Hall.
His work also includes numerous studio recordings for cinema, TV, commercials and video games. He notably recorded the french song “Les mots bleus” with a string orchestra for Gautier Capuçon’s television appearance on New Year’s Eve 2021 ; pieces by Mozart and Sacchini on historical instruments, with Opéra Royal de Versailles in 2022, for the series “Franklin”, starring Michael Douglas ; the soundtracks of “The Jungle Bunch 2”, and the series “Pil”, with Orchestre National d’Ile-de-France in 2023 and 2024.
Occasionally working as an arranger, he wrote numerous brass ensemble and brass quintet arrangements, but also symphonic orchestrations for the music of the video game “Animal Crossing”, and an orchestral suite of the French film “Quai des brumes” music, by Maurice Jaubert.
Graduated from Paris National Conservatoire, Christophe Eliot studied with Jean-Sébastien Béreau, Nicolas Brochot, and refined his skills in masterclasses with Neeme Järvi, Jorma Panula, Martin Sieghart, Gunther Neuhold and Alim Shakh. He was also personnaly invited by Gustavo Dudamel to watch his rehearsals in Paris Opera during season 2022/2023.
BIOGRAPHY
“Christophe Eliot has a meticulous approach to score analysis, and shows a precise and clear conducting technique. He is a true musician with ideas, and he knows how to transmit them.”
Jean-Sébastien Béreau
(Former conducting teacher at Paris Conservatoire – CNSMDP)
“A very fine Mahler conductor”
Neeme Järvi
“Mr. Eliot is with certainty a very good musician, a very talented conductor, who deserves all the support we can give him. I wish him a very successful career”
Martin Sieghart
A versatile French conductor, Christophe Eliot is a true musician, one of those who gives everything so that music can reach pure moments of grace.
Before he devoted himself to conducting, he studied both violin and trumpet at a professional level, played in some of the best French orchestras, including Paris Opera, and was awarded three Prizes at International Trumpet Competitions.
Christophe Eliot’s professional engagements led him to conduct Orchestre National d’Ile de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lorraine, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Orchestre National de Lyon, and Prague City Philharmonic Orchestra.
Christophe Eliot conducts music of various styles with the same determination for quality and accuracy in the interpretation, whether it is classical repertoire, film music or jazz… He defends that every kind of music deserves to be interpreted with dedication, and he loves discovering new or forgotten pieces.
His repertoire includes works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Dvorak, Debussy, Ravel, Mahler, Stravinsky, Bernstein, Rota, Steiner, Williams, among others. He is particularly interested in historical instrument interpretation, concerning the classical period.
Founder and Artistic Director of the Paris Star Pop Orchestra, Christophe Eliot specialized in “films with synchronized orchestra” concerts. He notably conducted “Back to the Future”, “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars”, being now one of the few John Williams-approved conductors. He collaborated with film composers Howard Shore for “Lord of the Rings”, Hans Zimmer for his “Hans Zimmer Live” tours, and performed with jazz singer Melody Gardot at the Paris Olympia Hall.
His work also includes numerous studio recordings for cinema, TV, commercials and video games. He notably recorded the french song “Les mots bleus” with a string orchestra for Gautier Capuçon’s television appearance on New Year’s Eve 2021 ; pieces by Mozart and Sacchini on historical instruments, with Opéra Royal de Versailles in 2022, for the series “Franklin”, starring Michael Douglas ; the soundtracks of “The Jungle Bunch 2”, and the series “Pil”, with Orchestre National d’Ile-de-France in 2023 and 2024.
Occasionally working as an arranger, he wrote numerous brass ensemble and brass quintet arrangements, but also symphonic orchestrations for the music of the video game “Animal Crossing”, and an orchestral suite of the French film “Quai des brumes” music, by Maurice Jaubert.
Graduated from Paris National Conservatoire, Christophe Eliot studied with Jean-Sébastien Béreau, Nicolas Brochot, and refined his skills in masterclasses with Neeme Järvi, Jorma Panula, Martin Sieghart, Gunther Neuhold and Alim Shakh. He was also personnaly invited by Gustavo Dudamel to watch his rehearsals in Paris Opera during season 2022/2023.
NEWS
John Williams Concert
Invited by the Université d’Evry – Paris Saclay for the first International Colloquium on John Williams’ music, Christophe Eliot conducted the Star Pop Orchestra through a journey in Williams’ compositions.
“Oulalala” Clip Shooting
Christophe Eliot participated in the shooting of the musical clip of the famous hit “Oulalala” by Kimotion in its Orchestral version.
Star Wars – en ciné concert
Christophe Eliot made his brilliant debut with Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra, playing “Star Wars” Episodes 4 and 5 in concert at le Dôme of Marseille.
Interview
Interview in the newspaper La Provence previous to Star Wars Ep. 4 and 5 in Marseille (december 10th 2021).
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