Yan Pascal Tortelier

Yan Pascal Tortelier (born 19 April 1947) is an internationally renowned French conductor and violinist and is the son of the late cellist Paul Tortelier.

Biography

Born in Paris, Tortelier has worked and recorded extensively with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in Manchester — for whom he was Principal Conductor from 1992 to 2003. He also made an acclaimed recording of French music with the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber which included the cello concertos of Saint-Saens and Honegger for Universal Classics. He is also currently the Principal Guest Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYOGB).

Tortelier served in the newly-created post of Principal Guest Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 2005 to 2008. He is currently the Principal Conductor of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP).

External links

• Biography at the NYOGB website

Preceded by Vernon Handley	Principal Conductor, Ulster Orchestra 1989 - 1992	Succeeded by Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Preceded by Edward Downes	Chief Conductor, BBC Philharmonic 1992 - 2003	Succeeded by Gianandrea Noseda
Preceded by none	Principal Guest Conductor, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 2005 - 2008	Succeeded by Leonard Slatkin
Preceded by John Neschling	Principal Conductor, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo 2009–present	Incumbent