Benjamin Lévy, conductor
After 10 years as Music Director of the Cannes National Orchestra Benjamin Lévy has just been appointed Music Director of Orchestre du Pays Basque.
In 2027 Benjamin will make his debuts with the George Enescu Philharmonic & the Orchestre National de France. Among recent projects figure the New Year’s concerts with the Opéra National de Lyon, and a tour with the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France as well as the revival of “The Seven Deadly Sins” at the Rennes Opera and the world premiere of “Miguela”, a new opera by Théodore Dubois in Montreal.
He has been invited to perform with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, the Nederlandse Reisopera (The Flying Dutchman & The Pearl Fishers), the Stanislavsky Theatre – Moscow (Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, directed by Olivier Py), and to the Icelandic Opera (Don Giovanni & Eugene Onegin),…
Founder of the Pelléas Chamber Orchestra in 2004, Benjamin has lead the ensemble througout France and across Europe (Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Philharmonie de Paris, TCE, Salle Gaveau, Enescu Festival in Bucharest, etc.) since.
Beethoven Prometheus, Concertgebouw Amsterdam 2024
DATES
20.09.2025 Oper Graz
75 years Grazer Philharmoniker
Strauss: Till Eulenspieg
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 Eroica
03. & 04.11.2025 Graz, Stefaniensaal
75 years Grazer Philharmoniker | 140 years Stefaniensaal
Marcus Nigsch, Festmusik (world premiere)
Beethoven: Leonore Ouvertüre no. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Nov 4, 2025
15.11.2025 Oper Graz
Rigoletto – Première
Stage Direction, Ute M. Engelhardt
Il Duca, Pavel Petrov
Rigoletto, Nikoloz Lagvilava
Gilda, Ekaterina Solunya
26.11.2025 Oper Graz
Rigoletto
Stage Direction, Ute M. Engelhardt
05.& 07.12.2025Oper Graz
Rigoletto
Stage Direction, Ute M. Engelhardt
10. & 12.12.2025 Oper Graz
Rigoletto
Stage Direction, Ute M. Engelhardt
17.&20.12.2025 Oper Graz
Rigoletto
Stage Direction, Ute M. Engelhardt
13.02.2026 Oper Graz
Wozzeck – Première
Stage Direction, Evgeny Titov
Wozzeck, Daniel Schmutzhard
Marie, Annette Dasch
Tambourmajor, Matthias Koziorowski
Hauptmann, Thomas Ebenstein
Doktor, Daeho Kim
23.&24.02.2026 Musikverein Graz, Stefaniensaal
Grazer Philharmoniker
Giorgos Koumendakis: Amor Fati
Poulenc, Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani
Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3
26.&28.02.2026 Oper Graz
Wozzeck
Stage Direction, Evgeny Titov
04.03.2026 Oper Graz
Wozzeck
Stage Direction, Evgeny Titov
13./15.&18.03.2026 Oper Graz
Wozzeck
Stage Direction, Evgeny Titov
09.05.2026 Oper Graz
Der Rosenkavalier – Première
Stage Direction, Philipp M. Krenn
Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg, Polina Pastirchak
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau, Wilfried Zelinka
Octavian, Sofia Vinnik / Anna Brull
Sophie, Tetiana Miyus
13.&17.05.2026 Oper Graz
Der Rosenkavalier
Stage Direction, Philipp M. Krenn
19.052026 Kammermusiksaal, Grazer Congress
Grazer Philharmoniker
John Ireland, Concertino Pastorale for strings
Gordon Jacob, Concerto no. 1 for flute and string orchestra
Gustav Holst, St. Paul’s Suite op. 29/2
21.05.2026 Oper Graz
Der Rosenkavalier
Stage Direction, Philipp M. Krenn
28.&31.05.2026 Oper Graz
Der Rosenkavalier
Stage Direction, Philipp M. Krenn
03.06.2026 Oper Graz
Der Rosenkavalier
Stage Direction, Philipp M. Krenn
10.06.2026 Oper Graz
Der Rosenkavalier
Stage Direction, Philipp M. Krenn
27.06. 2026 Oper Graz
Grazer Philharmoniker
Freedom!
250 years Declaration of Independence
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Bernstein: Symphony no. 2 The Age of Anxiety
Dvořák: Symphony no. 9
PAST DATES
Musique de Debussy, Ravel & Stravinsky
Projet/Chorégraphie: Louis Stiens – George Céspedes
Musique de Debussy, Ravel & Stravinsky
Projet/Chorégraphie: Louis Stiens – George Céspedes
Musique de Debussy, Ravel & Stravinsky
Projet/Chorégraphie: Louis Stiens – George Céspedes
Musique de Debussy, Ravel & Stravinsky
Projet/Chorégraphie: Louis Stiens – George Céspedes
Musique de Debussy, Ravel & Stravinsky
Projet/Chorégraphie: Louis Stiens – George Céspedes
Musique de Debussy, Ravel & Stravinsky
Projet/Chorégraphie: Louis Stiens – George Céspedes
Musique de Debussy, Ravel & Stravinsky
Projet/Chorégraphie: Louis Stiens – George Céspedes
Schönberg, 5 Stücke für Orchester
Mendelssohn: Klavierkonzert N° 1
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Musique de Debussy, Ravel & Stravinsky
Projet/Chorégraphie: Louis Stiens – George Céspedes
Musique de Debussy, Ravel & Stravinsky
Projet/Chorégraphie: Louis Stiens – George Céspedes
Ascagne: Ekaterina Solunya
Cassandre: Mareike Jankowski
Didon: Anna Brull
Musique de Debussy, Ravel & Stravinsky
Projet/Chorégraphie: Louis Stiens – George Céspedes
PASSED DATES ————————————————————–
Eugen Onegin: Gorden Bittner
Lensky: Evan LeRoy Johnson
Tatjana: Evgenia Muravela
Olga: Aigul Akmetshina
Eugen Onegin: Gorden Bittner, Lensky: Evan LeRoy Johnson
Tatjana: Evgenia Muraveva, Prince Gremlin: Ferruccio Furlanetto
Eugen Onegin: Gorden Bittner, Lensky: Evan LeRoy Johnson
Tatjana: Evgenia Muraveva, Prince Gremlin: Ferruccio Furlanetto
Koumendakis : The Murderess“
19. 03. 2022 OPER GRAZ
Henze :Undine, Première
Choreography: Beate Vollack
20., 23. & 24. 03. 2022 OPER GRAZ
Henze :Undine
Choreography: Beate Vollack
02. 04. 2022 OPER GRAZ
Henze :Undine
Choreography: Beate Vollack
06.05.2022, ATHENS STATE ORCHESTRA
Anton Bruckner, Symphony Nr. 8
18. & 20. 05. 2022 OPER GRAZ
Henze :Undine
Choreography: Beate Vollack