Pierre Cao
Pierre Cao (22 December 1937 – 14 May 2026) was a Luxembourgish composer and conductor.
Pierre Cao
- Born
- 1937 · Dudelange.
- Died
- 2026
- Nationality
- Luxembourg
- Occupation
- handball player · conductor · composer · choir director · musician
- Education
- Royal Conservatory of Brussels
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · Luxembourg Music Awards · Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown
- Languages
- French · German
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Pierre Cao (22 December 1937 – 14 May 2026) was a Luxembourgish composer and conductor.
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Pierre Cao (1937–2026) was a choir director, composer and conductor, among other activities and a national of Luxembourg. The choir director was born in Dudelange.
Pierre Cao studied at Royal Conservatory of Brussels. The choir director held the position of Eurovision Song Contest conductor.
Languages used include French and German. Pierre Cao received Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown, Knight of the Legion of Honour and Luxembourg Music Awards.
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Background
Background
Pierre Cao studied at Royal Conservatory of Brussels. The recorded working language is French and German. Positions recorded include Eurovision Song Contest conductor. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour, Luxembourg Music Awards and Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown.
Pierre Cao was born in Dudelange on 22 December 1937. He studied composition and conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Cao died in May 2026, at the age of 88.
Classical music
Classical music
Cao was the regular conductor of Arsys Bourgogne, with whom he recorded Biber's Requiem and other baroque works. He taught at the Luxembourg Conservatoire until 1998 and led various vocal ensembles in Luxembourg and the surrounding region. Cao was a co-founder of the Institut Européen du Chant Choral (INECC).
Eurovision
Eurovision
Cao was the musical director for both the 1973 and 1984 Eurovision Song Contests, staged in the Grand Duchy at the Nouveau Théâtre. He conducted Luxembourg's winning song "Tu te reconnaîtras" in 1973. Unusually, he did not conduct Luxembourg's entry in 1984 (it was conducted by Pascal Stive), despite being the show's musical director. He did however conduct the German and Cypriot entries.
Selected discography
• Liszt – piano concertos. Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio-Télé Luxembourg de France. • Giovanni Felice Sances, Johann Michael Zächer & Johann Melchior Gletle – Vespers in Vienna. Ambroisie. • Bach – Motets Les Basses Réunies. Ambroisie 2006 • Michael Haydn – Missa Sancti Hieronymi MH 254 & Georg Druschetzky Messe en si bémol majeur. Johannette Zomer, Guy de Mey et Britta Schwarz. Festival d'Ambronay 2007 • Théodore Gouvy – Electre, opus 85 – scène dramatique pour solistes, choeur et orchestre. François Pollet, Michael Myers, Marcel Vanaud, Cécile Eloir. Choeurs et Orchestre Symphonique de Nancy. (2CD) K617 1999
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