Principal Conductor : Palestine Youth Orchestra
Associate Conductor : Orchestre DEMOS-Toulouse
Associate Conductor : Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée

Revelation of the 2026 La Maestra International Conducting Competition at the Philharmonie de Paris, Palestinian conductor Lamar Eias was awarded the Paris Mozart Orchestra Musicians’ Prize and a Special Mention from the ECHO Committee (European Concert Hall Organisation).

Following her tenure as Artistic and Music Director of the Orchestre Symphonique Etudiant de Toulouse from 2023 to 2026, Lamar has been Principal Conductor of the Palestine Youth Orchestra since 2024. She is currently Associate Conductor of the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée as part of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, as well as Associate Conductor of the Orchestre Démos Toulouse Métropole through the 2026/27 season.

The 2026/27 season marks debuts with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Opéra Orchestre national de Montpellier, Orchestre de Picardie and Orchestre de Caen. She also returns to the Orchestre National de Lille for a major anniversary concert at the Auditorium du Nouveau Siècle, and to the Palestine Youth Orchestra for a summer concert series.

In recent seasons, Lamar has collaborated with orchestras including the Paris Mozart Orchestra, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Bodensee Philharmonie, Pärnu City Orchestra, Brașov Philharmonic and Orchestre National de Tunisie.

Trained in the Ilya Musin tradition under Sabrié Bekirova and Tugan Sokhiev, she took part in the Franco-Russian International Conducting Academy with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. She has also worked with conductors including Johannes Schlaefli and Paavo Järvi, taking part in the Järvi Conducting Academy in Pärnu and the Conductor’s Academy with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. In May 2026, she assisted Daniel Harding for a series of concerts with the Orchestre de Paris at the Philharmonie de Paris.

Lamar Elias is supported by the La Maestra Academy – Philharmonie de Paris for the 2026–2028 period.

General Management

Season 2026-27 – Please contact Gioria Management for HD photos.

Described as a “magician” by NRC, Karel Deseure is a sought-after conductor on both the opera and symphonic stages.

In recent seasons, he has been invited to lead the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Belgian National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Orchestre National de Cannes, Orchestra of Opera North and Manchester Camerata, working alongside artists including Katia and Marielle Labèque, Anastasia Kobekina, Maximilian Hornung, Bryce Dessner, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Jonathan Fournel, Dorottya Lang, Christianne Stotijn and Marie Oppert.

The 2026/27 season features several important returns : the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, with artists such as Nadine Sierra, Sarah Brady and Alexander Melnikov.
Highlights of the season also include his debut with Orchestre National Avignon-Provence, alongside actor Lambert Wilson.

In November 2026, Actes Sud will release an illustrated book with a recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, performed by the Orchestre National de Cannes under Karel’s direction, Olivier Py as narrator and illustrations by Paul Cox.

Since his debut at Opera Zuid in 2016, conducting Puccini’s La Bohème, Deseure has conducted repertoire ranging from Verdi to Britten, as well as Ravel and Weill, at leading opera houses including Opera North, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Nederlandse Reisopera, Opera Zuid and Opéra de Toulon.

In 2018, his work in opera was recognised with the prestigious Schaunard Award in the Netherlands.

Since 2019, Karel has been Professor of Conducting at the University of Amsterdam

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Season 2026-27 – Please contact Gioria Management for HD photos.