Sylvain Simard | Sylvain Van de Weyer | Sylvain Legwinski | Sylvain Blouin | Sylvain Légaré | Sylvain Lazarus | Sylvain Chavanel | Jean Sylvain Bailly | Éric Sylvain | Sylvain Turgeon | Sylvain Marcel | Sylvain Longchambon | Sylvain Cypel | Sylvain Charlebois |
It is particularly known for its International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors (Concours international de jeunes chefs d'orchestre) created in 1951, which is organized every two years and rewarded famous conductors such as Seiji Ozawa (1959), Michel Plasson (1962), Zdeněk Mácal (1965), Jesús López-Cobos (1968), Sylvain Cambreling (1974) or Yutaka Sado (1989), who began their international careers with its first prize.
She has worked at many of the world's best opera houses and concert stages, singing under such conductors as Rolf Beck, Jiří Bělohlávek, Sylvain Cambreling, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Christoph Eschenbach, John Fiore, Ádám Fischer, Christopher Hogwood, Manfred Honeck, Sir Neville Marriner, Tomáš Netopil, and Helmuth Rilling among others.