Maxime Tortelier is currently music director of the Orchestre Démos – Lyon Métropole, in partnership with the Orchestre National de Lyon. An exciting talent emerging onto the international conducting scene, he made his mark as the Leverhulme Young Conductor in Association with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Holding the post for two years, he appeared regularly across the South and South West of England and was reviewed as “outstanding” and “charismatic”.