Dennis Russell Davies

Dennis Russell Davies’ activities as an opera and concert conductor, and as a pianist and chamber musician, are characterized by an extensive repertoire stretching from the Baroque to the latest music of our time. Widely considered to be one of the most innovative and adventurous conductors in the classical music world, he has successfully challenged and inspired audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.

As a guest Dennis Russell Davies has conducted such renowned orchestras as those in Cleveland, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and the New York Philharmonic. In Europe he has worked with Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala di Milano, the Munich and Berlin Philharmonic orchestras, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and the Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam.

Following his début at the Bayreuth Festival 1978-1980, his operatic work has included conducting at Salzburg Festival, Lincoln Center Festival New York, Houston Grand Opera, Hamburg and the Bavarian State Operas as well as Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera New York, Opéra National de Paris and Teatro Real in Madrid.

Dennis Russell Davies has been music director/chief conductor of important orchestras and opera houses in the US and Europe continuosly since 1969. Since 2018 Davies is Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Filharmonie Brno. In Autumn 2020 he assumed the position Chief Conductor of the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, where a series of concerts and live broadcasts of the complete Bruckner-symphonies in their original versions culminated in the Gewandhaus 2024 on the composers 200th birthday and is documented with this Genuin release.

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