Davin Patrick
From contemporary productions to classical works of the repertoire, conductor Patrick Davin has proved his open-mindedness in the musical sphere. He is a former student of Pierre Boulez and Peter Eötvös, and has created a major list of works by composers including Philipe Boesmans, Jacqueline Fontyn, Vinko Globokar, Murray Schafer, Conlon Nancarrow, Henri and Denis Pousseur, Charles Chaynes, Xavier Dayer, Bruno Mantovani, Benoît Mernier, Piet Swerts, James Dillon, Jean-Luc Hervé, Jean- Yves Bosseur, Kris Defoort and Marco Stroppa.
He has conducted orchestras in Germany (Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie in Bremen, SDR Stuttgart, Bavarian Radio, Badische Philharmonie, Mannheim Chamber Orchestra, Mainz Chamber Orchestra, Ludwigshafen Philharmonic, Düsseldorf Musikfabrik), France (Ensemble intercontemporain, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre de Bretagne, Orchestre de Rouen, Orchestre de Milhouse, CNSMD Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, Orchestre de Radio France, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Orchestre National de Toulouse), Switzerland (Winterthur, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande), the Netherlands (Het Orkest van het Oosten, Asko | Schönberg ensemble, Gelders Orkest, Nno, Nieuw Sinfonietta), Spain (Jonde, Teatro Real, Bilbao), Austria (Klangforum in Vienna), Belgium (Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Orchestre National de Belgique, Philharmonie des Flandres, deFilharmonie, Beethoven Academie) and Luxembourg (Orchestre Philharmonique).
He has also worked in the field of opera with Luc Bondy (Théâtre de la Monnaie, Opéra de Lyon and Théâtre du Châtelet), Jorge Lavelli (Opéra de Monte-Carlo), Herbert Wernicke (Théâtre de la Monnaie), Christophe Marthaler (Berlin and Vienna’s Hofburg), Nicolas Joël (Capitole de Toulouse), Robert Lepage (Opéra Bastille), André Engel (Opéra Bastille), Olivier Py (Geneva), Stephen Langridge (Reisopera), Frédéric Dussenne (Théâtre de la Monnaie), Jürgen Flimm (Hamburg Opera), Philippe Sireuil (Liège and Antwerp Operas), Jean-Claude Auvray (Marseille), Nicolas Brieger (Geneva), Philippe Arlaud (Grand Théâtre in Geneva), Jean-Louis Grinda (Liège, Montpellier and Monaco), Julien Lubeck and Cécile Roussat (Liège), Alain Garichot (Rennes and Geneva), Emma Dante (Opéra Comique), Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser (Marseille), Guy Cassiers (Rotterdam and Théâtre de la Monnaie) and Joël Lauwers (Opéra de Liège and Théâtre de la Monnaie).
Patrick Davin has been principal conductor of ensembles such as Itinéraire (Paris), Musiques Nouvelles (Belgium) and the Namur Chamber Choir, as well as main guest conductor at the Marseille Opera. Currently he is main guest conductor at the Liège Opera as well as professor of conducting at the Conservatoire of Brussels (Dutch language department).
