Philippe Jordan

Biography

Philippe Jordan (born 18 October 1974) is a Swiss conductor and pianist. Born in Zürich, the son of conductor Armin Jordan, he began to study piano at the age of six. At age eight, he joined the Zürcher Sängerknaben. He has acknowledged that he wished to become a conductor, like his father, at age 9. His violin studies began at age 11. At 16, he entered the Zürich Conservatory where he obtained his diploma in piano instruction, with honors. He studied theory and composition with the Swiss composer Hans Ulrich Lehmann and continued his piano studies with Karl Engel. At the same time, he worked as an assistant to Jeffrey Tate on Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Châtelet in Paris. In the 1994/1995 season, Jordan was appointed first Kapellmeister and assistant to James Allen Gähres at the Theater Ulm. The following year, he made his debut at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. He has since conducted at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Châtelet in Paris, the Semperoper in Dresden and the Aix-en-Provence International Festival. From September 1998 to June 2001, Jordan was Kapellmeister and assistant to Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin State…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Tannhäuser (2009) — Self - Conductor
2. Benvenuto Cellini (2018) — Self - Conductor
3. Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila (2016) — Self - Conductor
4. Carmen (2002) — Self - Conductor
5. Arnold Schönberg: Moses und Aron (2015) — Self - Conductor
6. Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Wiener Staatsoper Live) (2021) — Self - Conductor
7. Beethoven: Complete Symphonies - Philippe Jordan (2015) — Self - Conductor
8. Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth - Salzburger Festspiele 2023 (2023) — Self - Conductor
9. Wagnerwahn (2013) — Self
10. Georges Bizet: Carmen (2004) — Self - Conductor
11. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Bayreuther Festspiele (2018) — Self - Conductor
12. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2018) — Self - Conductor
13. Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann (2016) — Self - Conductor
14. Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (2017) — Self - Conductor
15. Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos (2017) — Self - Conductor
16. Jarrell: Bérénice (2018) — Self - Conductor
17. Werther (2005) — Self - Conductor
18. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (2012) — Self - Conductor
19. Beethoven - Complete symphonies (2016) — Self - Director
20. Don Carlo (2024) — Self - Conductor
21. The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre (2010) — Self - Orchestra Conductor (archive footage)
22. Le Nozze di Figaro (2010) — Self - Conductor
23. Doktor Faust (2006) — Self - Conductor
24. Vienna celebrates Beethoven - Philippe Jordan and the Vienna Philharmonic (2020)
25. Philippe Jordan Conducts Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony (2020)