Jérôme Kaltenbach, born March 2, 1946, in Paris, France, is a French conductor. He studied harmony with Georges Hugon and musical analysis with Claude Ballif and Jacques Castérède at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, and conducting with Jean-Sébastien Béreau at the Conservatoire de Rouen. He continued his studies at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome under Franco Ferrara, and in East Germany under Arvid Jansons. Kaltenbach was a laureate at the Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors in 1973 and 1974. He conducted ensembles including the Orchestre Ad Artem in Metz, served as musical director of the Nancy Symphony and Opera Orchestra from 1979 to 1998, and became the first music director of the French Youth Orchestra in 1982. In 2002, he founded the Ferme de Villevard cultural center and later served as associate conductor of the Limoges and Limousin Orchestra from 2010 to 2013. His recordings include works by Ernest Chausson (1998), Henri Duparc (1993), and Manuel Rosenthal (1995).
