Jean-Claude Casadesus

In 1969 he was hired as assistant conductor at the Paris Opéra and the Opéra-Comique.

In 1976 he became principal conductor of the Orchestre national de Lille, performing concerts locally and internationally.

30 October 1962) is an opera singer and his first born son Sebastian Copeland (b.

3 April 1964) is a film director whose mother is Pénélope Copeland, his second son Olivier (b.

In 2004, the Victoires de la musique classique awarded him a victory of honour.