French Composer and conductor Alexandre Desplat has joined Harrison Parrott and Polyarts for global classical management

Desplat is an Oscar-winning composer who has scored over 130 films and received numerous awards, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTAs, three César Awards, two Golden Globes, and two GRAMMY awards. He has worked with such acclaimed directors as Wes Anderson, Kathryn Bigelow, George Clooney, David Fincher, Stephen Frears, Greta Gerwig, Terence Malick, Roman Polanski, Jacques Audiard, Wim Wenders and Guillermo del Toro.

Desplat has also conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and Wiener Symphoniker.

In 2020, his first opera “En Silence” was premiered in Luxembourg, Paris and Japan, with a libretto and staging by director-musician and long-term artistic partner, Solrey. The work received rave reviews with critics stating, “‘En Silence’ is a unique piece that reflects Desplat’s boundless fascination for Japanese culture, mixing tradition and modernism.”

He also collaborated with the choreographer Alan Lucian Øyen for a new work “The American Moth” which was commissioned by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, National Theater and Concert Hall Taipei, The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and premiered at Bergen International Festival.

In a statement Jasper Parrott said, ​“We feel most privileged to be working with Alexandre, an artist of such huge talent and calibre, ranging through his mythic film scores but also in his symphonic works and as a conductor. We are excited to be able to work together with him to develop collaborations with top level orchestras and institutions around the world as well as with great international soloists.”