We are very happy to introduce the workshop lecturer to our ON STAGE in Nice, Dr. Henri Pompidor, a long-experienced choir master, music director and adjudicator.

Dr. Henri Pompidor studied music, organ and choral conducting at the Regional Music Conservatory of Toulouse. After his state diploma in choral conducting, he attended the Institute of music and musicology at the University of Paris-Sorbonne where he obtained his Master’s degree and his Doctorate in 1987.

After being music director of several choirs in Europe, he was appointed to Thailand as head of the choral department at Rangsit Conservatory of Music in 2004 and joined the Mahidol University College of Music, one of the most important Music Faculties in the Kingdom. Several years, he worked there as chorus master, choral director and permanent choral conductor for the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since the beginning of his career, Dr. Henri Pompidor has conducted various choral performances: children or adult, amateur, university or professional, in France and around the world. Under his direction have been performed much chamber choral music and several major choral works.

Dr Henri Pompidor is a member of the French choral conductors’ society and currently teaching choral singing and choral conducting at the Conservatory of Paris. He holds master classes and workshops throughout the world and has been invited as adjudicator and clinician to many international festivals and choral competitions.