Emmanuel Trenque

In 2000, he was appointed choral conductor and responsible for musical studies of the vocal ensemble [fr] of the "Institut des arts et musiques sacrés"[2] of Toulouse (IAMS) where he directed, among others, the Requiem by Maurice Duruflé, the Petite messe solennelle by Rossini, the Sécheresses cantata by Francis Poulenc, the Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis cantata BWV 21 by J.S.

Between 2001 and 2003, he worked at the Théâtre du Capitole as invited chef de chant [fr] (The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár and The Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten) but also a pianist and choir repetitionist for 4 months.

In 2003, he was hired as trainee singing conductor at the Centre de formation lyrique of the Paris Opéra where he worked in particular with Janine Reiss, Teresa Berganza, José Van Dam.

He participates in contemporary creation with HoMo XeRox[3] (opéra by Claude Lenners) and La sortie d'Égypte (oratorio by Jean-Luc Defontaine,[4] of which he is the dedicatee), two works he premiered in Tours.

His professional activities gave him the opportunity to collaborate with Michel Plasson, Myung-Whun Chung, Pinchas Steinberg, Jean-Yves Ossonce,[7] Alain Altinoglu, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, René Jacobs, Thomas Hengelbrock, Evelino Pidò, Jean-Claude Casadesus, and Christophe Rousset.