Guillaume Pirard

Guillaume Pirard is a conductor appearing throughout the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra's 2026-27 season in Ithaca, New York. His four programs range from Ravel and Schubert to Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, and include newly commissioned works alongside side-by-side concerts with youth orchestra and chorale musicians.

Across this season's programs, listeners can expect a mix of orchestral staples and newer voices. The opening concert pairs Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin, a suite that reworks old dance forms with clear, light textures, with a new rhapsody and Schubert's atmospheric "Unfinished" Symphony. Later programs bring Mozart's Don Giovanni overture, a new mandolin concerto, and Prokofiev's compact, classically-styled First Symphony. A holiday concert combines Vivaldi's festive choral Gloria with Saint-Saëns's dramatic Second Piano Concerto, joined by youth orchestra and chorale forces. The season closes with a world premiere marking the orchestra's 50th anniversary alongside Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto and his rhythmically driven Seventh Symphony. The overall shape suggests a conductor comfortable moving between eras and building concerts around contrast and discovery.