French-born conductor Chloé Dufresne recently won the Orchestra prize, the Audience prize and a "special mention" exæquo with al the finilist from the Besançon International Competition for young conductors 2021. She is also the 3rd prize winner of the Malko conducting competition 2021 and finalist of the Siemens-Hallé International Conductors Competition 2020. She was also Laureate of the Tremplin des jeunes cheffes organised by La Philharmonie de Paris in 2018.

She graduated as a Master from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.

Chloé Dufresne initially studied viola, vocal performance and choral conducting. For the past five years she has studied orchestra conducting with Maestri Atso Almila and Sakari Oramo  at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. In 2018-2019 she was an exchange student at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, learning under  the guidance of Alain Altinoglu.

Chloé has participated in masterclasses with renowned conductors such as Paavo Jarvi,

Mikko Franck, Johannes Schlaefli, David Zinman, Susanna Mälkki, Hannu Lintu.

She has been fortunate to conduct first-class orchestras such as the

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki City Orchestra,

Tapiola  Sinfonietta, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic,

Sinfonia Lahti, Ensemble Intercontemporain.

In recent years Chloé Dufresne punctually assisted

Sakari Oramo with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic.

She conducted concerts with Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen, Opéra de Nancy, Opéra de Vichy and Orchestre

Pasdeloup in La Philharmonie de Paris.

When it comes to opera repertoire, Chloé was invited to conduct Bayreuth production of Wagner's Ring for children in Helsinki festival (August 2019), Bellini’s Norma in ‘Narva Opera Days’ (2019), Offenbach's Pomme d'Api in Opéra de Toulon (November 2019). She  assisted Sakari Oramo for Meyerbeer’s Etoile du Nord in Kokkola Opera, and Jérome 

Pillement for Donizetti's La fille du régiment in Opéra de Montpellier.

For the season 2020-2021 Chloé Dufresne’s upcoming engagements include concerts with Orchestre Pasdeloup in la Seine Musicale, debut with Offenbach's Le Voyage dans la lune with Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lorraine, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Tour, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Montpellier.