Music Director at the Opéra National de Lorraine in Nancy.

M° Calderon has gained international acclaim both in operatic and symphonic repertoire performing in the dual capacity of conductor and pianist. Rani Calderon collaborates, among others, with the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, the Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg, the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp, and the Monte Carlo Opera. M° Calderon conducted Meyerbeer's Semiramide at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca, Italy edited in DVD by Dynamic. From season 2009 to 2012 one M° Calderon was Principal Conductor at Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile where he conducted amongst the others: Don Giovanni, Un Ballo in Maschera, Tannhäuser, Elektra, L'Italiana in Algeri, Aida and Lucrezia Borgia. Amongst his successful engagements it is worth mentioning: Andrea Chénier at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Gounod's Faust in Bilbao and Dresden; Euryanthe and Oberon at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse; Aida and Eugene Onegin at the Théâtre Municipal d'Avignon; Simon Boccanegra in Strasbourg; Der Fliegende Hollaender in Warsaw; Puccini’s Il Trittico at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna; Rossini’s Semiramide in Copenhagen; Symphony No. 2 (Mahler) in Santiago de Chile; Don Giovanni and Ariadne auf Naxos in Toulon; La Bohème in Dresden. In Nancy M° Calderon conducted Turandot, Nabucco, Aleko and Francesca da Rimini and a series of concerts.

Future plans include: Un Ballo in Maschera in Toulon; Tabarro and Royal Palace in Montpellier; revivals of Carmen in Kiel; series of concerts in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Vienna and Bloomington. At the Opéra National de Lorraine M° Calderon will conduct Orphée et Eurydice, Les Pécheurs de perles, Le coq d’or (Rimskij-Korsakov) and a series of concerts.