The President of the Republic, on the proposal of Frédéric Mitterrand, Minister of Culture and Communication, has just appointed the composer Bruno Mantovani, director of the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP).

Internationally renowned composer, he is performed in the
world by the artists, ensembles and orchestras most
prestigious. Currently composer-in-residence of the Orchestra
national of Lille, it will be in the orchestra of the Capitole of Toulouse
from 2011.
Passionate about the relationship between music and other forms
of artistic expression, he regularly works with writers
like Hubert Nyssen, plastic artists like Claude Lévêque, but
choreographers, filmmakers, or the cook Ferran Adrià.
With the choreographer Angelin Prejlocaj, he created this year for the Opera
ballet Siddharta. His next project is a
commissioned by the Ensemble Modern, to be directed by Pierre Boulez.