| Biography | Bleuse was born in Boulogne-Billancourt into a family of musicians: his father Marc Bleuse is a composer, his mother Anne Fondeville is an opera singer, his brother Emmanuel is a cellist and his sister Jeanne is a pianist. Bleuse began his musical studies on violin at the Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt in the classes of Jean Lenert and Suzanne Gessner. He continued his studies at the Conservatoire national de région in Toulouse in the classes of Pierre Doukan and Guenadi Hoffmann from 1990. He then returned to Paris and entered the Conservatoire de Paris in the class of Patrice Fontanarosa. He graduated with a 1st prize in 2002, and studied further at the Berlin University of the Arts.
From 2012, Bleuse began regular collaboration with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.
Bleuse co-founded the Lemanic Modern Ensemble for contemporary repertoire, and has served as its co-music director. Michael Jarrell entrusted him in January 2017 with conducting the ensemble in his opera Cassandre, starring Fanny Ardant, performed at the Grand Théâtre de Provence.
Bleuse was a co-founder and is artistic director of the Musika Orchestra Academy, a European school of orchestral studies. Bleuse became chief conductor of the Odense Symphony Orchestra, as well as Artistic Director of the Pablo Casals Festival, in 2021. In December 2021, the Ensemble intercontemporain announced the appointment of Bleuse as its next music director, effective with the 20232024 season, with an initial contract of 4 years. |