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He attended a Jesuit school, but only started serious musical studies when he was around 14–15; he studied piano and violin.<ref name="Bertrand de Billy">[http://www.resmusica.com/2007/01/03/bertrand-de-billy/ Bertrand de Billy, chef d'orchestre, interview with Valéry Fleurquin, 3 January 2007, in French] accessed 7 February 2014.</ref>

He attended a Jesuit school, but only started serious musical studies when he was around 14–15; he studied piano and violin.<ref name="Bertrand de Billy">[http://www.resmusica.com/2007/01/03/bertrand-de-billy/ Bertrand de Billy, chef d'orchestre, interview with Valéry Fleurquin, 3 January 2007, in French] accessed 7 February 2014.</ref>

After his career as an instrumental musician, de Billy began his conducting career in Paris. He later moved to Germany and built up his career as an opera conductor. His professional operatic conducting debut was for Verdi's ''[[La Traviata]]'' in [[Oviedo]], Spain, in 1991, replacing a conductor at short notice.<ref name="Bertrand de Billy"/> He was the ''[[Generalmusikdirektor]]'' (GMD) at the [[Anhaltisches Theater]] in [[Dessau]] from 1993 to 1995. At the [[Vienna Volksoper]], he held the post of first conductor from 1996 to 1998. From 1999 to 2004, de Billy was chief conductor of the [[Gran Teatre del Liceu]] in Barcelona, after the reopening of the theatre.

After his career as an instrumental musician, de Billy began his conducting career in Paris. He later moved to Germany and built up his career as an opera conductor. His professional operatic conducting debut was for Verdi's ''[[La Traviata]]'' in [[Oviedo]], Spain, in 1991, replacing a conductor at short notice.<ref name="Bertrand de Billy"/> He was the [[Generalmusikdirektor]] (GMD) at the [[Anhaltisches Theater]] in [[Dessau]] from 1993 to 1995. At the [[Vienna Volksoper]], he held the post of first conductor from 1996 to 1998. From 1999 to 2004, de Billy was chief conductor of the [[Gran Teatre del Liceu]] in Barcelona, after the reopening of the theatre.



De Billy conducts mostly from memory, although he usually has the score in front of him in case problems occur. He prefers the smaller opera theatres ([[Theater an der Wien]], [[Théâtre du Châtelet|Châtelet]], [[Opera Garnier|Garnier]]), where more intimacy can be found with the audience.<ref name="Bertrand de Billy"/>

De Billy conducts mostly from memory, although he usually has the score in front of him in case problems occur. He prefers the smaller opera theatres ([[Theater an der Wien]], [[Théâtre du Châtelet|Châtelet]], [[Opera Garnier|Garnier]]), where more intimacy can be found with the audience.<ref name="Bertrand de Billy"/>

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