IGBT contactor design
First of all, that bidirectional switch arrangement is inefficient. You require two completely floating powersupplies to realise the local Gate-Emitter power.

A more efficient solution would be the common emitter arrangement. A single float PSU can be used  and then two isolated driver chips (hcpl-312T for instance).



As to is this a good idea? well yes, SSPC exist doing exactly this. Why this is considered difficult is producing a circuit that can do this twice... Doing it once is easy, especially if you do not mind the smell of burnt semiconductors. Doing it twice or more economically n-times is harder... 

Switching power electronics all about loss management and adhering to its SOA. This is a forced-commutation scenario and thus there is a very high chance there will be over-voltage due to stray inductance wanting to maintain current flow. Likewise there is the SOA with regards to switching...

Usually in SSPC there are a large number in parallel to manage local die losses &amp; die temperature. Equally there switching profile is controlled to mitigate the increased current due to interrupting inductors along with higher-voltage shunt paths