Stéphan Aubé (born 11 November 1971) is a French Music video director for classical music and pianist.
Biography Stéphan Aubé started to study piano at the age of five.
He studied at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional of Boulogne-Billancourt, where he won first prize in Geneviève Ibanez's class, then at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional of Paris with Billy Eidi and Pierre Reach.
He also studied with Jacques Rouvier, Jean-Marc Luisada, Philippe Cassard, Géry Moutier, Pascal Devoyon, Georges Pludermacher, Jean-François Heisser and Maria Curcio and chamber music repertory with Paul Meyer and Éric Le Sage.
In parallel, he studied ballet from age 8 to 16 with teachers such as Michelle Perrot, Evelyne Wolff and Jacqueline Moreau (from Opéra de Paris) at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional of Boulogne-Billancourt.
He holds a state diploma for vocal and instrumental accompaniment, and worked at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) as pianist in Julie Kaufmann's opera singing class.
He also works as a vocal coach and takes part in numerous lyric and musical performances, appearing on many stages and festivals.
As a director, he worked for many French TV channels, including arte,arte official WebsiteClassique news website France Télévisions,Website of the French channel France 5Website of the French company Point du Jour Mezzo TV,Website of the French channel Mezzoclassique news website Website of Europe Images TV5 or for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark),Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Website the French label Abeille musique,Stéphan Aubé official Website the French sponsor Mécénat Musical Société Générale (for which he won several pricesWebsite of the French company Euteka ) and medici.tv,Medici.tv WebsiteMedici.tv Website and for many labels, such as Universal Classics, Naïve Records,Website of Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France RCA Red Seal / Sony Music, and Outhere.
He works regularly for the Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall and for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark.Stéphan Aubé official Website
In 2013, he created the web platform Louisiana Music to present the musical clips he directed for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
In 2014, France Télévisions asked him to direct a concert conducted by John Eliot Gardiner (Monteverdi's Vespers) at the Chapelle royale of Versailles, one of the first concerts filmed in multicameras live in 4K (UHD) and binaural sound.
Recently he directed a film on Bach's Goldberg Variations with pianist Alexandre Tharaud for Warner/Erato and arte for which he won the Echo Award (Germany) as Best DVD of the year 2016.
In 2023, Stéphan Aubé was awarded the Opus Klassik in Germany for making the film Suites for a suffering world with German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff. The film was shown in many cinemas in Germany and was a huge hit with the public.
In 2024, he is appointed as teacher of Audiovisual Analysis, Writing and Directing at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he will teach from September 2024.
From September 2026, he holds the position of director and head of the Video Department at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.
Stéphan Aubé is the nephew of actor Jean-Claude Aubé and the son of actress Agnès Aubé.
Works
TV shows
La leçon de musique de Jean-François Zygel Episode Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Paul Meyer and Quatuor Ébène Episode Franz Schubert with Nora Gubisch, Laurent Alvaro and quatuor Ébène
Les clefs de l'orchestre de Jean-François Zygel Episode Symphony 103 of Joseph Haydn with Ton Koopman Episode Boléro of Maurice Ravel with Kazushi Ono Episode Pastoral symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven with Paul Mc Creesch Episode New World Symphony of Anton Dvorak with Myung-Whun Chung
Others J.S. Bach : "Variations Goldberg" with Alexandre Tharaud (arte) Salon de musique opus 16 with Julie Fuchs, Julien Chauvin and the musicians of the (arte concert) A day in the life of Patricia Kopatchinskaja, video direction of the filming of the Berlin Philharmonie's concert
Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall Tokyo Spring Festival - Chamber Music with Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra filmed at the Berlin Philharmonie with Daishin Kashimoto, Olaf Maninger and Ohad Ben-Ari (2021) Daniel Barenboim and Emmanuel Pahud, Concerto for flute by Jacques Ibert and Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz (2020) Beethoven Marathon with Albrecht Mayer and other musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (2020) Brett Dean Premiere of The Last Days of Socrates - Michael Tippett, A Child of Our Time conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (2013) Debussy, Messiaen, Tchaikovsky conducted by Christian Thielemann (2012) Debussy, Dvorak, Schoenberg and Elgar conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (2012) Piano Concerto No. 2 of Brahms - interpreted by Leif Ove Andsnes and conducted by Bernard Haitink (2011) Rachmaninov - Malher - conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (2010) Bach - Mozart - Haydn - interpreted and conducted by András Schiff (2010) Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major interpreted by Hélène Grimaud and conducted by Tugan Sokhiev (2010) Schoenberg - Brahms - conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (2009) Elijah of Felix Mendelssohn - conducted by Seiji Ozawa (2009)
Concerts Bayreuth Baroque 2026: 2 live concerts from the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth featuring Bruno de Sá and Christophe Dumaux with Les Accents and the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Thibault Noally and Pedro Beriso – Bayerischer Rundfunk and Arte (2026) Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 "Titan," Orchestre de Paris conducted by Klaus Mäkelä Berlioz’s Grande messe des morts* with the Paris Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Philippe Jordan – Philharmonie de Paris – POP (2026) Grieg’s Piano Concerto with Nobuyuki Tsujii and the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Klaus Mäkelä at the Philharmonie de Paris – Europiano arte (2026) Bayreuth Baroque 2025: 2 live concerts from the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth featuring Julia Lezhneva, Franco Fagioli, and Marina Viotti, conducted by Stefan Plewniak and Andres Gabetta – arte / BR Klassik / Mezzo / Medici (2025) The Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris conducted by Tugan Sokhiev performs the 4th symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich at the Philharmonie de Paris - Pop (2024) Concert at the Pablo Casals Festival (Prades, France) with Daniel Lozakovich conducted by Pierre Bleuse - France Télévisions (2024) St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by the Banquet céleste conducted by Damien Guillon at the Opéra de Rennes (France Télévisions) filmed in UHD (2024) Patricia Kopatchinskaja and friends with the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Pierre Bleuse, concert live from the Cité de la musique on arte concert (2023) Renaud Capuçon" interprets and conducts Mozart at La Grange au Lac, Evian (live concert on Stage+ from Deutsche Grammophon) Martha Argerich plays Beethoven under conducting of Renaud Capuçon with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne Jakub Hrůša conducts Mozart and Bruckner — Bamberg Symphony Orchestra with Piotr Anderszewski, piano (2020) Perpetual Music Concert — With Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Volle, Avi Avital live from Staatsoper Berlin, Germany (2020) Louis XIV’s Coronation at the Royal Chapel of Château de Versailles, Ensemble Correspondances under the direction of Sébastien Daucé - Filmed in Ultra High Definition (2019) Tribute to the 150th anniversary of the death of Hector Berlioz at the Opéra Royal of Château de Versailles under the direction of Sir John Eliot Gardiner and filmed in Ultra High Definition (2018) Charpentier Te Deum at St John's Co-Cathedral, Malta - Ensemble Correspondances under conducting of Sébastien Daucé and filmed in Ultra High Definition - France 2 (broadcast live on Culture Box)Culture Box Website (2017) J.S. Bach : "Variations Goldberg" with Alexandre Tharaud - Arte - Echo Award for Best DVD of the Year 2016 (2016) 100 years commemoration of armenian genocide, concert under conducting of Alain Altinoglu at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris. - France Télévisions, live (2015) Concert of Sergey Khachatryan and the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Gianandrea Noseda at the Salle Pleyel - arte, live (2014) Les Légendes d'Arménie conducted by Alain Altinoglu at the Opéra Comique of Paris - France Télévisions, live (2014) Vêpres solennelles de la Vierge from Claudio Monteverdi with the Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists under the conducting of John Eliot Gardiner. Filmed in Ultra High Definition Live France Télévisions (2014) The night of Fantomas in live from the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris. 5 Films (1913) from the French director Louis Feuillade remastered by Gaumont with musical accompaniment under the musical direction of Yann Tiersen for arte live web and ZDF (2013) Les Salons de musique with Julie Fuchs and the musicians of the Cercle de l'harmonie in live on Arte Live Web (2013) Tamara Stefanovich, Thomas Bloch and the Junge Philharmonie Orchestra from Berlin conducted by Kristjan Järvi (live on the Digital Concert Hall) Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the Staatskapelle of Berlin conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado - Berlin Philharmonic Concert Hall - For a film by Claus Wischmann - arte (2013) Alice Sara Ott plays the concerto en sol by Ravel with the Munich Philharmonic conducted by Lorin Maazel - arte (2012) Nils Frahm in concert at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark) for the Louisiana Channel (2012) Francesco Tristano Schlimé in concert at La scène Bastille, Paris - live for the website of abeillemusique.com (2006) Concerts at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2007–2010) Musique à l'Empéri Festival with Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer and Eric Le Sage - Several seasons
Operas L'annonce faite à Marie by Philippe Leroux from a play of Paul Claudel, staged by Célie Pauthe - coproduction IRCAM (2023) The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo with Juan Diego Flórez under the conducting of Jacques Lacombe - Staged by Jean-Louis Grinda - France 2, live on Culture Box (2018) Philémon et Baucis de Charles Gounod au Grand Théâtre de Tours staged by Julien Ostini under the conducting of Benjamin Pionnier - France 3 (2018) Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo with José Cura under the conducting of Nathalie Stutzmann - staged by Jean-Louis Grinda - France 3, live on Culture Box (2017) Atys en folie parody of Atys by Lully for singers and puppeteers at the Teatru Manoel, Malta - Staged by Jean-Philippe Desrousseaux and produced by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (2017) Don Giovanni of Mozart at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo with Erwin Schrott staged by Jean-Louis Grinda - France 3, live on Culture Box (2015) Alcina of Haendel at La Monnaie, Brussels (Belgium) with Sandrine Piau staged by Pierre Audi under the conducting of Christophe Rousset - France 3, live on Mezzo Live HD (2015) Ernani of Verdi at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo with Ludovic Tézier staged by Jean-Louis Grinda - France 3 (2014) Idomeneo of Mozart at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna (Austria) with Richard Croft staged by Damiano Michieletto under the conducting of René Jacobs - live on Mezzo Live HD (2013) Medea by Guillaume Connesson at the Opéra de Vichy with Alexia Cousin staged by Jean-Claude Amyl (2005)
DVD La leçon de musique de Jean-François Zygel Episode Mozart Episode Schubert
Les clefs de l'orchestre de Jean-François Zygel Episode Symphony 103 of Joseph Haydn Episode Boléro of Ravel Episode Pastoral symphony of Beethoven Episode New World Symphony of Anton Dvorak
Other DVD Tribute concert for the 150 years of death of Hector Berlioz under conducting of Sir John Eliot Gardiner (DVD and Blu-ray) released by Chateau de Versailles Spectacles