PICHON WAS BORN in Paris in 1984, to a father who strummed a classical guitar and a mother who played piano. He had enough youthful talent to go to a school that taught music every afternoon.

An all-new version of the Bayeux Tapestry created by Tom Gates writer and illustrator Liz Pichon is unveiled, ... which was created to mark the 950th anniversary of Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Taking the St Mark’s tradition as inspiration the young French conductor Raphaël Pichon made full use of the spaces within the Royal Albert Hall, with singers variously placed in the gallery, at the ...