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Camille Delaforge

Conductor / Harpsichord

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Artistic Director: Ensemble Il Caravaggio

Hailed as “dynamic and inspired” by Forum Opera, Camille Delaforge is a French conductor and harpsichordist, specialising in the Baroque repertoire.

2024/25 season highlights include Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Netherlands Chamber Orchestra at Dutch National Opera, and Rameau’s Pygmalion at Opéra Royal de Versailles, alongside engagements at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Grand Théâtre de Provence among others. As founder and artistic director of Ensemble Il Caravaggio, a period ensemble committed to the French and Italian lyrical repertoire, Delaforge conducts over fifty performances this season at prestigious venues, including Opéra de Rennes, Opéra Angers Nantes, La Seine Musicale and Festival Saint-Denis.

A resident conductor at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence last season, alongside Emmanuelle Haïm, other recent engagements have included Orchestre national de Cannes, Festival International de Beaune, Festival de Sablé, Oude Muziek Festival, Festival de Bilbao and Festival de Radio France. Delaforge has collaborated with numerous ensembles such as Le Poème Harmonique, Le Concert de la Loge and Orfeo 55, performing at Philipszaal in The Hague, Wigmore Hall London, Salzburger Festspiele and Victoria Hall in Geneva.

Mademoiselle Duval - Les Génies – Delaforge, Il Caravaggio © CMBVersailles

Passionate about the vocal repertoire, Delaforge has worked with opera singers at the Festival de Sablé, Festival Radio France (Montpellier), Potager du Roi (Versailles), Oude Muziek Festival (Utrecht), Rosa Bonheur Festival and Agapé Festival (Geneva) among others. She has a longstanding collaboration with French bass-baritone Guilhem Worms, with whom she has worked on several chamber music programmes, including Mozart and Salieri (piano for four hands, with Karolos Zouganelis), La Dame de mes Songes (Franco-Spanish repertoire from the 20^th century) and Near my heart (French melodies).

Delaforge holds a Master’s degree from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. Keen on developing socio-cultural exchanges through music education, she has initiated a number of humanitarian projects, including teaching underprivileged children in Ecuador and, with Il Caravaggio, leading cultural mediation projects in schools and for disadvantaged groups in the regions of Val d’Oise, Essonne and Plaine Saint-Denis.

She has recorded for Warner, Alpha, Klarthe, and Château de Versailles Spectacles.

HarrisonParrott represents Camille Delaforge for worldwide general management.

W.A. Mozart – Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes - Il Caravaggio – Delaforge, Charvet © Camille Delaforge

Nos esprits libres et contents – Anonyme – Il Caravaggio – Delaforge, Worms, Bunel © Camille Delaforge

W.A. Mozart – Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes – Sinfonia Il Caravaggio © Camille Delaforge

W.A. Mozart – Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes - Il Caravaggio – Delaforge, Charvet © Château de Versailles Spectacles

TV5 Monde – Interview – Delaforge, George © TV5 Monde

“Camille Delaforge’s precise and supple gestures illuminate the refinement of a score that blends the Italian comedic style with French theatrical elegance. Moreover, her cohesive and seductive interpretive approach elevates Campra to his rightful stature, bridging the noble grandeur of Lully, the graceful energy of Handel, and foreshadowing the immense Rameau.”

Classique News, February 2025

“Meticulously examining every corner of the score, she leads her ensemble Il Caravaggio with full and vibrant sonorities, blending vigor, lyricism, and humour.”

Le Monde, February 2025

“This diversity of styles flows naturally under the spirited and refined direction that Camille Delaforge brings to her musicians of Il Caravaggio. From the pit rises a bouquet of sonorities — woody and soft, diaphanous and robust.”

La Croix, February 2025

“Our first duty is to applaud the ensemble Il Caravaggio and the remarkable leadership of Camille Delaforge. She fully dedicates herself to bringing a score to life with the brilliance of a fireworks display. Camille Delaforge’s attentiveness to the singers (we often see her singing along with them) creates a successful symbiosis between both sides of the podium. Her dynamic and inspired conducting ensures the success of the evening.”

Forum Opera, November 2024

“The ensemble Il Caravaggio rises to the highest level, leaving its mark and easily holding its own against well-known references.”

Forum Opera, July 2023

“Camille Delaforge, who remains at the harpsichord, breathes life into everything the ensemble performs. Her expressive gestures, involving her entire body, are reminiscent of another great conductor, Emmanuelle Haïm, at the start of her brilliant career.”

Forum Opera, July 2023

“Mozart manages to transcend this doctrinal imbroglio with striking virtuosity, as evidenced by the lively performance of the musicians under Camille Delaforge’s inspired direction.”

Lexnews, March 2024

“Under the precise yet enthusiastic direction of Camille Delaforge, the young ensemble delivers what is undoubtedly one of its finest performances since its inception.”

Première Loge Opéra, November 2024