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David Robertson

conductor

David Robertson—conductor, artist, composer, thinker and American musical visionary—occupies the most prominent podiums in opera, orchestral and new music. He is a champion of contemporary composers and an ingenious programmer who has served in leadership positions with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, BBC Symphony Orchestra and, as protégé of Pierre Boulez, the Ensemble intercontemporain. 

Robertson appears with the world’s great orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk and Czech Philharmonic, and at festivals on five continents. Since his 1996 Metropolitan Opera debut, he has conducted a breathtaking range of Met projects, including premiere productions of works by John Adams and Nico Muhly, and the 2019 production of Porgy and Bess, for which he shared a Grammy for Best Opera Recording. In 2022, he made his Rome Opera debut conducting Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová.

Robertson is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. He serves on the Tianjin Juilliard Advisory Council, complementing his role as director of conducting studies, distinguished visiting faculty of the Juilliard School.