sentences:  Honoured by the French government in 2002 with the Prix Charles Oulmont for his outstanding contributions to French culture, he serves as artistic director for the Lotte Lehmann Foundation, which he represents throughout the world in recitals and recordings.Graduate of the Conservatoire of Lille and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, Damien Top studied with Galina Vishnevskaya, Jean-Christophe Benoît and Jacques Pottier.He has appeared in opera, operetta, and sacred works, as well as performing the entire range of French mélodie.