The Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Choral Singing In partnership with the Académie des beaux-arts

Creating the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Choral Singing in 1989 was one of the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller’s first initiatives. It resulted from the Foundation and the Academy of Fine Arts’ shared desire to encourage French choirs and contribute to the development and promotion of this amazing art form.

The Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Choral Singing is given to an excellent choir and encourages a development project.

• Amount: 50,000 euros
• Funding: up to 100,000 euros

Since 2016, the award has been attributed alternately to a professional choir, a choir school and a children's choir.

The 2024 laureate

Ensemble Correspondances

Choirmaster, organist and harpsichordist Sébastien Daucé founded and leads Correspondances to promote the lyric art and music of what in France is known as the Grand Siècle.

The jury for the 2024 edition

• Laurence Equilbey, president of the jury

  Choir and orchestra conductor and artistic director of accentus and Insula Orchestra

• Édouard Fouré Caul-Futy

  Co-directeur du département concerts et spectacles à la Philharmonie de Paris

• Joël Suhubiette

  Choir conductor and artistic director of Les Éléments

• Thierry Escaich

  Composer - Académie des beaux-arts

• Edith Canat de Chizy

  Composer - Académie des beaux-arts

• Anne Blanchard

  Artistic director - Festival de Beaune

• Christophe Grapperon

  Associate choir conductor - accentus

• Ching-Lien Wu

  Choir conductor - Opéra de Paris

• Charles Guivarch

  Artistic advisor - La Seine Musicale

Next session

The call for applications for the 2024 edition is now closed.