BIOGRAPHY

Born in Paris, Samuel Lellouch is a French UK-based conductor very active in the West Midlands and the South-West. Samuel Lellouch has worked with professional and amateur orchestras all across Europe, including the MÁV Symphony Orchestra (Hungary), the London Classical Soloists (UK), the Beogradski Sinfonicari (Serbia), the University of Birmingham Wind Band (UK), the Royal Sutton Coldfield Orchestra (UK), the Redditch Orchestra (UK) and the Orchestre Symphonique du Campus d'Orsay (France). He is currently Permanent Conductor and Music Director of Telford Orchestra (UK).

A violinist graduated from Brussels Royal Conservatoire (Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels), Samuel Lellouch made his conducting debuts studying with maestros Yves Segers and Bart Bouckaert in Brussels Royal Conservatoire, where he obtained a Bachelor and a Master degree in orchestral conducting. He further perfected his skills studying for two years at the London Conducting Academy with acclaimed pedagogue Denise Ham and internationally-reputed conductors including Christopher Seaman, Toby Pursuer and Dominic Grier. Samuel Lellouch has participated in prestigious international masterclasses, benefitting from the tuition of some of the world’s most famous conductors and pedagogues including Jorma Panula and Colin Metters. In 2021, he was selected to take part in the first round of the University of Almeria First International Conducting Competition.

An inspiring young conductor with a rare understanding of what musicians need out the conductor, Samuel Lellouch has a genuine passion for bringing the smallest details out of the score into authentic yet individual interpretations. His acclaimed pedagogical skills and praised affinity for working with young musicians have given him multiple opportunities to work with youth orchestras, in Brussels Royal Conservatoire and at the University of Birmingham, on top of a strong appetite for making bridges between professional and amateur music-making.

As a violinist, Samuel has studied with Naaman Sluchin in Brussels Royal Conservatoire, with Christophe Guiot and Martine Matte in Paris, and with Stephanie-Marie Degand, Dan Zhu, Elina Vähälä and Agnes Reverdy in international masterclasses including the Festival Pablo Casals (Prades, France) and the International Academy of Music of Cagliary (Italy). An accomplished orchestral musician with more than fifteen years of experience, Samuel has notably performed as a soloist with the Orchestre Symphonique du Campus d'Orsay (Lalo, Kreisler) and has been leader of the University of Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra between 2019 and 2022.