Born in Paris, conductor Marc Piollet studied at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin and attended masterclasses with John Eliot Gardiner, Michael Gielen and Kurt Masur. In 1995 he was a prizewinner at the Dirigenten-Forum of the Deutscher Musikrat. He was Music Director of the Vienna Volksoper from 2003 until 2005. From 2004 until 2012 he was General Music Director at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden where he conducted acclaimed performances of Wagner’s complete Ring and numerous new productions.In the 2021/2022 season a new production of Tristan und Isolde took M° Piollet to the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari. He will also conduct ballet premieres at Den Norske Opera (Oslo) and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (Ghent), as well as performances of Carmen (Düsseldorf) and Werther (Stuttgart). Concert engagements will bring him to the Staatskapelle Weimar, the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz and the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester.