Hugues Gall

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Hugues Gall
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Hugues Gall, c. 2000
Born(1940-03-18)18 March 1940
Honfleur, France
Died25 May 2024(2024-05-25) (aged 84)
Nice, France
Education
Occupations
  • Opera manager
  • Cultural manager
Organizations
Awards

Hugues Randolph Gall (18 March 1940 – 25 May 2024) was a French opera manager who was head of the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Paris Opera. He was director of the Fondation Monet in Giverny from 2008, and influential in many cultural organisations.

Life and career[edit]

Born in Honfleur on 18 March 1940,[1] Gall attended the Ecole Lemania from 1955 to 1959.[2] He studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and German literature at the Sorbonne. He began his career in the offices of Edgar Faure at the Ministry of Agriculture and then at the Ministry of National Education; in the latter position, he was responsible for artistic education. He later created the music program of the baccalaureate[2] and the artistic department of the University of Vincennes. He joined the cabinet of Edmond Michelet at the Ministry of Culture.

Gall was general secretary of the Réunion des théâtres lyriques nationaux [fr] from 1969, as an assistant to Rolf Liebermann.[3] He followed Liebermann to the Paris Opera in 1973.[1] He was director of the Grand Théâtre de Genève from 1980 to 1995, and finally director of the Paris Opera from 1995 to 2004.[1][4][5] He was responsible for the new venue Opera Bastille and the restoration of the Palais Garnier.[3]

On 18 December 2002, Gall was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts[1][2] From September 2004 to 2010, he was chairman of the board of the Institut pour le financement du cinéma et des industries culturelles [fr].[6] From 2005 to 2009, he was an extraordinary State Councillor; Vice-President of the Nureyev Foundation until 2009, member of the board of the Veolia Environnement corporate foundation until 2011. He was a member of the Chambre Professionnelle des Directions d'Opéra (CPDO). From 2002 to 2008, he chaired the jury of the International singing competition of Toulouse. In March 2008, he was elected by his colleagues at the Académie des Beaux-Arts as director of the Fondation Monet in Giverny and was re-elected to this position in March 2013.[1][3]

At the end of March 2008, Gall was appointed chairman of the committee responsible for filling the position of director of the Villa Médici in Rome. This commission (known as the "Gall Commission") was thus responsible for establishing the criteria for the admissibility of applications according to the needs of Villa Médici, then interviewing the candidates corresponding to these criteria and proposing a list of personalities deemed suitable for the position. The "Gall Commission" was composed of architect Paul Andreu, writer Edmonde Charles-Roux, stage director Patrice Chéreau, composer Pascal Dusapin, historian Marc Fumaroli, Jean Guéguinou who was Ambassador of France, Maurice Quénet [fr], recteur d'académie [fr], Brigitte Lefèvre, director of dance at the Paris Opera Ballet, and of Muriel Mayette, general administrator of the Comédie-Française. In May 2008, Frédéric Mitterrand was appointed director of the Académie de France à Rome, of the three candidates selected by the President.

From 2008, Gall was a member of the council of the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur and was president of the Orchestre français des jeunes (FOJ), an institution created in 1982, funded by the Ministry of Culture and in residence at the Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix en Provence.

On 28 October 2010, he was appointed for a five-year term as a qualified person chosen for their expertise in environmental and sustainable development issues at the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE).[7] He was a member of the Commission des Affaires Étrangères et Européennes of the French parliament.

On 17 February 2010, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing announced Gall's participation in the commission for reflection on the future of the Hôtel de la Marine chaired by the former President of the Republic. This commission brought together twelve personalities, members of the Institut de France, historians, former ministers and heads of cultural institutions.[8] His report was submitted to the President of the Republic in July 2010.

Gall was a member of several boards of directors, including the Château de Fontainebleau, the Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner, the Summer Academies of Nice and the Musée des impressionnismes Giverny [fr]. He was also a member of the cultural council of the Monnaie de Paris and the strategic reflection council of the Réunion des musées nationaux.

Gall died in his house in Nice on 25 May 2024, at the age of 84.[1][3][4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bavelier, Ariane (25 May 2024). "Disparition de Hugues Gall, ancien directeur des opéras de Paris et de Genève". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Pasquier, Philippe Du (2024). "Hugues Gall, a life for arts and culture". Ecole Lemania. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Paris Opera's Former Director, Hugues Gall has Died at 84". The Violin Channel. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b Rieder, Caroline (26 May 2024). "Disparition d'Hugues Gall – Une «figure majeure du monde de l'opéra» s'en est allée". Tribune de Genève (in French). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Nomination de Hugues Gall administrateur de l'Opéra de Paris". En Scènes (in French). 25 November 1993.
  6. ^ "Hugues Gall". Les Echos (in French). 5 June 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Décret du 28 octobre 2010 portant nomination au Conseil économique, social et environnemental". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). 28 October 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Hôtel de la Marine: Pierre Nora intègre la commission". Libération (in French). 17 February 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011.

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Preceded by Director of the Paris Opera
1995–2004 		Succeeded by
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