Artist · Conductor
Jérôme Polack
Biography
Jérôme Polack: Jérôme Polack was initiated at a very young age, within a master's degree, to the practice of singing and continued in Paris to study piano, organ and then choral conducting.
He chooses to specialize in conducting and is admitted to the Musikhochschule of Munich where he obtains his advanced diplomas in choral conducting from Michael Gläser and in orchestral conducting from Bruno Weil's class. As a conductor he is invited to conduct major works by Mendelssohn, Verdi and Schumann. In 2010, he approaches the contemporary repertoire with the instrumental ensemble Ars Nova alongside Philippe Nahon, and he becomes his assistant. His passion for vocal art led him to found, in 2011, the Ensemble Exprîme, a professional chamber choir and soloist choir specialized in the diffusion of choral repertoire from the 19th century to the present day. In 2019 Isabelle Chomet entrusted him with the musical direction of the Akantha ensemble.