Ludovic Morlot

Conductor Ludovic Morlot has a wide repertory but has specialized in 20th century music to a degree unusual among conductors of major symphony orchestras. He is also a noted educator. Morlot was born in Lyon, France, on December 11, 1973. He took violin lessons as a youth and entered the Royal Academy of Music in London as a student of that instrument. During his program there, he switched to conducting. He enrolled for further studies in the field at London's Royal College of Music. In London, Morlot's teachers included Colin Davis, George Hurst, and Colin Metters. He travel...