Yan Pascal Tortelier

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Yan Pascal Tortelier (born April 19, 1947) is an internationally renowned French conductor and is the son of the late cellist Paul Tortelier.

Born in Paris, he has worked and recorded extensively with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in Manchester — for whom he was Principal Conductor from 1992 to 2004. He also made an acclaimed recording of French music with the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber which included the cello concertos of Saint-Saens and Honegger for Universal Classics. He is also currently the Principal Guest Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYOGB).

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