Edward Gardner

Gardner will return to ENO later this season for Tristan and Isolde. His 2015|16 season is further highlighted by debuts with the Orchestre National de France, the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, and Frankfurt Radio Orchestra. A graduate of Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Music (where he holds the newly created Mackerras Chair of Conducting), Gardner has worked with many of the world’s major orchestras and opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Glyndebourne, the Opéra National de Paris, the London Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw, and the Czech Philharmonic, among others. Gardner is principal guest conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, earning acclaim for such challenging works as Jonathan Harvey’s Weltehos (UK premiere, opening Britain’s 2012 Cultural Olympiad) and Britten’s Spring Symphony and War Requiem to celebrate the composer’s centenary year. Recent recordings include critically acclaimed discs of Verdi’s Macbeth with ENO as well as orchestral works of Janáček, Mendelssohn, Walton, and Lutoslawski. Among Gardner’s numerous awards are the 2008 Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Best Conductor) and a 2009 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera. He was appointed to the Order of the British Empire in 2012.

Lyric Opera debut: Der Rosenkavalier (2015|16)

Last updated: February 8, 2016
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