François-Xavier Roth

What strikes me about François-Xavier Roth is how he sits at the crossroads of period-instrument rigor and modern orchestral life. Born in 1971 near Paris, he's the kind of conductor who treats the score as a living thing rather than a museum piece, and the Legion of Honour nod in 2018 confirms how seriously France takes him. I find his profile refreshingly unflashy here: no agency, no body stats, just the work and a website at fxroth.com. To me that reticence fits a musician who lets the orchestra, not the publicity machine, do the talking. I'd love to see him live.

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Name (English)

François-Xavier Roth

Name (Japanese)

フランソワ＝グザヴィエ・ロト

Reading

ふらんそわ＝ぐざゔぃえ・ろと

Born

November 6, 1971 (age 54)

Origin

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Occupation

conductor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Knight of the Legion of Honour
• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

• Official sitehttps://fxroth.com
• Xhttps://x.com/fxrroth
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Xavier%20Roth
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AF%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B6%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3083743

Tags

• Hauts-de-Seine
• conductor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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