Raphaël Pichon began his musical training with studies in voice, violin, and piano at the Paris conservatories. As a young countertenor, he sang under conductors such as Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, and Geoffroy Jourdain. In 2006, he founded the ensemble Pygmalion, with which he has since performed at venues including the Philharmonie de Paris, the Château de Versailles, the BBC Proms, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, the French May Arts Festival in Hong Kong, and the Beijing Music Festival. He has directed opera productions at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Amsterdam Opera, and the Opéra national de Bordeaux, collaborating with directors such as Katie Mitchell, Romeo Castellucci, Simon McBurney, Pierre Audi, Jeanne Candel, Satoshi Miyagi, and Jetske Mijnssen. In 2020, he founded the Festival Pulsations in Bordeaux. Highlights include his debut at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence with the Bach production "Trauernacht," the rediscovery of Luigi Rossi’s "Orfeo" at the Opéra national de Lorraine and the Opéra Royal de Versailles, Monteverdi’s "Vespro della Beata Vergine" at the Holland Festival, Brahms’ "A German Requiem" at the submarine base in Bordeaux, Castellucci’s Mozart "Requiem" in Aix-en-Provence, and "L’autre voyage," a new creation with music by Schubert at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. In 2023, he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in "Le nozze di Figaro" at the Salzburg Festival. His numerous recordings include the albums "Enfers" (2018) and "Libertà!" (2019), as well as Bach’s Mass in B minor (2025). Raphaël Pichon is an Officer of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
