François Polgár

François Polgár (born 19 October 1946) is a contemporary French choral conductor, organist, composer and musicologist. Biography Family Polgár was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, the son of André Polgár, an engineer, CEO and Catherine Gauthier, an artist painter. On 25 April 1970, he married Kinga Bonay. Together they have a child. he obtained a master’s degree in musicology and the Certificat d’aptitude au professorat de l’enseignement du second degré (CAPES) of music. His students included Martin Picandet, who made himself known under the name Martin Solveig. Career He was organist and Kapellmeister of the churches of Saint-Cloud from 1964 to 1980 At the head of this internationally renowned choir, he was able to work in collaboration with the most prestigious conductors (James Conlon, Seiji Ozawa, Georges Prêtre…), and perform most of the major choral works in the lyrical and symphonic repertoire from the 18th to the present day. From his training as an organist and musicologist (taking into account his work for his thesis on musicology), Polgár was confronted with the problems of interpretation of 17th century music, which he often conducted at the head of early music ensembles