Conductor Louis Langrée has never taken a conducting class. His path to the profession began when he took a job as a vocal coach at the Opéra National de Lyon in 1983. In the '90s and 2000s he worked in both opera and orchestra houses. Langrée was named director of New York's Mostly Mozart Festival in 2002. On the strength of a single appearance as guest conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, he was hired as the orchestra's music director in 2012. Langrée has recorded with a variety of European orchestras for Virgin Classics. His recordings on the Cincinnati Symphony's own label have all included newly commissioned works, and one, Concertos for Orchestra, garnered a U.S. Grammy award nomination in 2017. ~ James Manheim