After studying musicology and conducting, Morgan Jourdain was appointed conductor of the Maîtrise de Radio France when the Bondy site was created. Curious to renew the choral repertoire for equal voices, he promotes the discovery of forgotten works (Amy Beach's Peter Pan, Carl Reinecke's Snow White, Nathaniel Clifford Page's Alice in Wonderland) and supports musical creation in diverse aesthetics (Benjamin Dupé's Du choeur à l'ouvrage, Vincent Manac'h's Chansons de la pointe, Michel Petrossian's Le chant d'Archak). Committed to the artistic and pedagogical development of his students, he involves them in multidisciplinary projects that combine vocal practice with dance (Thierry Machuel's The Invisible Kingdom, choreographed by Martin Grandperret), theater (Isabelle Aboulker's Olympe la rebelle) and instrumental practice (the piano in Changement de programme, or the percussion in Quel Cirque! which he composed especially for the Maîtrise). He regularly collaborates with the Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris, for which he directs several shows: L'homme qui ne savait pas mourir (directed by Samuel Müller), Le monde n'est pas comme toujours (directed by Vladimir Cruells) and Deep River, which he also directs. Alongside these activities, he composes and arranges music for various ensembles: le Poème harmonique, le Jeune choeur de Paris, l'Ensemble Perspectives, le Choeur de l'Armée française... In 2014, he reconstructed and completed Johann Sebastian Bach's Trauermusik BWV 244a, recorded by Raphaël Pichon and his ensemble Pygmalion. For Les Cris de Paris and their conductor Geoffroy Jourdain, he wrote the music for several original shows: Lalala - Opéra en chansons, a stage work entirely a cappella; Karaoké, for singers and recorded tape (directed by Benjamin Lazar); and Tristan et Iseut, for singers and everyday objects (directed by Nicolas Vial). Attentive to the democratization and popularization of choral practices, since 2019 he has been editorial project manager of the VO!X, ma chorale interactive digital portal, initiated and supported by Radio France, which aims to offer everyone musical tools and supports to facilitate the practice of choral singing on a daily basis, throughout the country. In September 2019, he will be appointed deputy musical director of the Maîtrise de Radio France.

Morgan JourdainChorus master