Francois-Pierre Descamps

Francois-Pierre Descamps serves as a contract teacher of choral and ensemble conducting at Mozarteum University Salzburg, affiliated with the School of Music & Art Education and Department of Music Education since 1999.

His educational background includes:

• Conservatory in Lille, France
• Paris Conservatory (diploma with distinction in cello)
• Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (5 diplomas in solfège spécialisé, harmony, counterpoint, fugue, and orchestration)
• École Normale de Musique de Paris (conducting)
• University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (concert diplomas in orchestral conducting with distinction and choral conducting)

Descamps specializes in choral and orchestral conducting with deep expertise in Viennese Classical repertoire, contemporary European compositions, and sacred music. His artistic practice integrates historical performance traditions with modern interpretative approaches, particularly evident in his work with church choirs and international orchestras.

He maintains active performance affiliations including directorship of choirs at Vienna's Mariahilf and Maria Treu churches since 2000, and has conducted ensembles such as the Lower Austrian Tonkünstler, Prague Mozart Orchestra, and Philharmonia Orchestra Sofia. His compositional output spans chamber operas, cantatas, and orchestral works including 'Orphée invaincu' (2014) and 'Jeanne and Gilles' (2018).