Antoine Palloc was born in Nice, where he studied with Catherine Collard. From an early age, he specialized in vocal accompanying and studied with Dalton Baldwin and Martin Katz at the Westminster Choir College and the University of Michigan.

In his young career, he has already performed with such prestigious artists as Frederica Von Stade, Sonya Yoncheva, Norah Amsellem, Elisabeth Vidal, Nathalie Manfrino, Paul Gay, Annick Massis, Bruce Ford, Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Mireille Delunsch, Karine Deshayes, Patricia Petibon, Isabelle Cal, Elisabeth Vidal, David Daniels, Majella Cullagh, Brian Asawa, Anne-Sophie Duprels, Hedwig Fassbender, and Jennifer Larmore with whom he has recorded an album of American art songs (My Native Land) for the Teldec label and a DVD, Jennifer Larmore Live – VAI music.

His most recent engagements have taken him to the most known opera houses of Berlin, Nice, Toulouse, Lyon, Strasbourg, San Francisco, Rio, Geneva, Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Edinburg, Monte Carlo, Kennedy Center, Hanoi, Beijing, Liceu, Hong Kong, São Paulo, Amsterdam, etc…

Antoine Palloc devotes part of his time to teaching and regularly coaches master classes at the Opéra Studio Bastille in Paris, Strasbourg Opera house, the Nagaoka lyric hall in Japan, Tokyo Opera Studio, University of Michigan, University of Istanbul, Budapest, Monte Carlo…

Antoine Palloc also has recorded with Mezzo Soprano Isabelle Cals. Antoine Palloc is Musical director of the Jeunes voix du Rhin for the season 2007/2008 and he is musical director of l’Instant Lyrique.

Language spoken: French

Photo credit: Nikolai Schukoff