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Principal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director, Den Norske Opera & Ballett (DNO&B) Honorary Conductor, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Edward Gardner is Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director of The Norwegian Opera and Ballet. He additionally serves as Honorary Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, following his tenure as Chief Conductor from 2015 to 2024.

Edward opens his inaugural season as Music Director of The Norwegian Opera and Ballet with concert performances of Wagner The Flying Dutchman and Mahler Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'. He will then conduct two fully staged operas; Verdi La Traviata and Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen, following earlier productions of Bartok Bluebeard’s Castle, Zemlinsky A Florentine Tragedy and Verdi Un ballo in Maschera.

During his fourth season with the LPO, Edward will conduct nine concerts at the Royal Festival Hall as well as a US tour culminating at Carnegie Hall, and in major European cities including Vienna, Frankfurt and Hamburg. Highlights of their London season include Strauss Alpine Symphony, Ravel and Rachmaninov double bills and several world premieres, closing with Mahler Symphony No.8 Symphony of a Thousand.

In demand as a guest conductor, this season Edward appears with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Frankfurt Radio, Dallas Symphony, New World Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. Debuts in recent seasons include New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestras, San Francisco Symphony, Staatskapelle Berlin Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and Wiener Symphoniker; with re-invitations to Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Montreal Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano. In the UK he has had longstanding collaborations with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, where he was Principal Guest Conductor from 2010-16, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, whom he has conducted at both the First and Last Night of the BBC Proms.

In Spring 2025 Edward returns to the Royal Opera House to conduct the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage Festen having made his debut with a new production of Káťa Kabanová, and he returns to Bayerische Staatsoper in June for Rusalka, following his debut with Peter Grimes in 2022 and Verdi Otello in 2023. Music Director of English National Opera for eight years (2007-15), Edward also built a strong relationship with The Metropolitan Opera with productions of Damnation of Faust, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Der Rosenkavalier and Werther. Elsewhere, he has conducted at La Scala, Chicago Lyric Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Opéra National de Paris.

Edward is based in Oslo and London

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Season Highlights

Aug 2024
London Philharmonic Orchestra | BBC Proms
Benjamin Grosvenor (Piano) Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Busoni Piano Concerto 5 August 2024
Aug 2024
Norwegian National Opera & Ballet | Season Opening
22, 24 August 2024 | Wagner The Flying Dutchman (Opera in Concert) 5, 7 September 2024 | Mahler Symphony No. 2
Sep 2024
Stravinsky Petrushka (1947) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 12, 14 September 2024

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  • BBC Proms 2023

    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Aug 2023
    • ★★★★ Gardner’s interpretation was a thing of extremes. The quiet, penumbral opening Introit seemed to hover on the verges of sound and silence. Later, the roaring brass of the Dies Irae pinned you to your seat.

    • ★★★★ All this music was thrillingly brought together here in a kind of 2001 reunion Prom by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under its principal conductor, Edward Gardner.

    • Gardner was in his element with this opulent material, and coaxed the orchestra into bringing every scintilla of nuance to this work of shifting moods, controlling tempo, dynamic and texture with fluid but commanding gestures to bring us a sensuously warm string sound, and bright, clear woodwinds.

    • ★★★★★ The London Philharmonic Orchestra were conducted by Edward Gardner with aplomb and determination, while the three choirs and two soloists left the capacity audience in delighted appreciation.

New Music Directors launch their inaugural season

/22 August 2024

This week marks the first of a number of season-opening concerts led by Askonas Holt conductors who take up the helm at major orchestras around the world.

After his appointment by Den Norske Opera & Ballett in 2022, Edward Gardner opens the season in Oslo this week in his first appearance as Music Director. On the programme is a concert performance of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman with soloists Lise Davidsen and Gerald Finlay. The two concerts are followed by Mahler’s Symphony No.2 in the first week of September. Recently named Honorary Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic after nine years as Chief Conductor, Edward takes up the role in Norway alongside his position as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He opens the LPO’s season in September conducting a programme of Barber, Berlioz, Beethoven with Joyce DiDonato, followed by an all-Rachmaninoff programme the following weekend.

Next month brings Nicolas Ellis’ first concerts as Music Director of Orchestre National de Bretagne after his appointment last December. The concerts on 19 and 20 September feature a programme of Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 and Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ alongside the French premiere of Dai Fujikura’s Entwine. Nicolas conducts the orchestra in further concerts this season, including for a new production of Die Zauberflöte at Opéra de Rennes next spring. Before that, he makes three debuts in October at Tampere Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and the Sydney Symphony. Listen to Nicolas discussing his inaugural season with the ONB here.

October sees Daniel Harding take up his position as Music Director of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia succeeding Sir Antonio Pappano. Continuing the orchestra’s long tradition of launching the season with opera-in-concert, Daniel conducts three performances of Tosca on 21, 24 and 26 October, marking the centenary of Puccini’s death. Also in his first season, Daniel celebrates the unique heritage of Rome with performances of Verdi’s Requiem at the Basilica di San Paolo, which marks the first of a series performing sacred music in beautiful churches of the Eternal City. Elsewhere, Daniel returns to China in January for the second instalment of Youth Music Culture The Greater Bay Area, of which he is Music Director. He also conducts his farewell concert with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he has been Music Director for 19 seasons.

Finally, Alexander Shelley begins his tenure as Artistic and Music Director of Artis—Naples in Florida, providing artistic leadership for the Naples Philharmonic as well as for the entire multidisciplinary arts organisation. His inaugural concerts on 1 and 2 November feature the world premiere of Arturo Márquez’s Guitar Concerto alongside Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Alexander takes up his role in Florida alongside his position as Music Director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. His season starts with the Sphere Festival in September – which celebrates the relationship between art and nature. Alexander also returns to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for the first time in over a decade, and makes his debut with the Norwegian Radio Symphony.

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