Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine & Romain Dumas
Biography Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine & Romain Dumas
Romain Dumas
Born in New Caledonia where he began his musical studies, Romain has been taught as a violinist and pianist. Then he studies in Melbourne, Marseille and Paris.
He graduates from Paris Conservatoire in orchestral conducting and composition being taught by Alain Altinoglu, Alexandre Piquion, Enrique Mazzola, Tito Ceccherini…
From 2019 to 2022, he has been assistant conductor at Bordeaux National Opera. He worked with Marc Minkowski, Paul Daniel, Pierre Dumoussaud…
He has conducted Liege Opera Orchestra, Rouen Opera Orchestra, Tours Opéra Orchestra, Ile de France National Orchestra, Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra, Les Musiciens du Louvre, New Caledonia chamber orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Bordeaux-Aquitaine National Orchestra.
As a composer, he is commissioned by Musique Nouvelle en Liberté, Pays de Savoie Orchestra, Bordeaux National Symphony Orchestra. His work is regularly played by orchestre like Colonne Orchestra, Bordeaux National Symphony Orchestra or Avignon Provence Regional Orchestra…
Among his projects to come for 2022-2023: Offenbach La Vie Parisienne produced by Palazetto Bru Zane in Liege and Toulouse, concert with Bilkent orchestra in Ankara.
He will also be conducting Bangalter/Prejlocaj ballet Mythologia In Bordeaux, Rouen and Paris Châtelet.
Thomas Bangalter
is a French musician, born in 1975 to a dancer mother and a composer father. With Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo he founded the duo Daft Punk (1993-2021). He has been working for 30 years on the relationship between humans and technology. He has collaborated, both within Daft Punk and on a personal basis, with Hofesh Shechter, Spike Jonze, Giorgio Moroder, Michel Gondry, Stevie Wonder, Leiji Matsumoto, Peter Lindbergh, Richard Phillips, Kanye West, Nile Rodgers, Julian Casablancas, Paul Williams, Pharrell Williams, Gonzales, Arcade Fire, Matthieu Chedid, The Weeknd, Disney Studios and Gaspar Noe. He was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in 2010. Daft Punk's album Random Access Memories won the Grammy award for Album of the Year in the United States in 2014. He is also a director of photography. He lives and works in Paris.
