renowned conductors, notably the great Italian maestro Carlo Maria Giulini. He has worked with most of the major orchestras across Canada: Toronto, Ottawa (National Arts Centre), Montréal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and also Victoria where he was Principal Guest Conductor between 2003 and 2006. In June 2010, he will conduct his first performances of Mahler's Eighth Symphony (Symphony of a thousand) with the combined forces of the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Orchestre métropolitain.
Following his European debut in late 2004 with Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, he swiftly established a fine reputation in Europe, appearing with a wide range of orchestras, among them the National de France, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Birmingham, Sydney, Frankfurt Radio and Flemish Radio Symphony Orchestras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Northern Sinfonia, and received re-invitations across the board. He is now a sought-after guest conductor of leading ensembles in the USA and Europe, among them Staatskapelle Dresden, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Philadelphia Orchestra and Boston Symphony. Recent symphonic highlights include the Rotterdam Philharmonic’s highly successful Far East (Summer 2008) and North-American (Winter 2010) tours, London BBC Proms and New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival debuts (2009) and Wiener Philharmoniker debut (2010). Upcoming engagements include his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
His first opera productions for l'Opéra de Montréal have included Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea, Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte, Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore, Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri, Puccini’s Turandot and La Bohème. His most recent Canadian productions have been Gounod’s Faust for Canadian Opera (2007), and Madama Butterfly in Montreal (2008).
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