Dmitri Jurowski, conductor

 

Born in 1979 in Moscow. Studied at the Moscow Conservatory’s Central Music College, then at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. An opera and symphony conductor, he conducted performances on such famous stages as Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opéra de la Bastille in Paris, Grand Théâtre de Genève in Geneva, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Palace of the Arts in Valencia, Komische Oper and Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Opera di Roma, The New Israeli Opera (Tel-Aviv), Teatro Municipal in Santiago (Chili), Opéra Monte-Carlo, Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liege, Royal Flemish Opera (Antwerp and Gent), etc. He conducted at the Wexford Festival Opera, Opera Festival in Martina Franca and Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.

 

In symphony programs, Dmitri Jurowski collaborated with such orchestras as the Vienna Symphony Orchestra (festival in Bregenz), BBC Orchestra in Manchester, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Residence Orchestra in Hague, Filarmonica Toscanini (Parma), Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, E.F. Svetlanov State Orchestra of Russia, etc.

 

In 2010 ,he debuted in Bolshoi Theater in Russia, toured with the troupe of Tchaikovsky’s opera “Eugene Onegin” (director Dmitri Chernyakov), performed in the Theater Royal Covent Garden (London), Teatro Real in Madrid and on the festival in Lucerne. 

 

Since January 1, 2011, Dmitri Jurowski has been the chief conductor of the Royal Flemish Opera in Antwerp and Gent; since the 2011/2012 season — the chief conductor of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra “Russian Philharmonic”; since October 2015 — the music director and chief conductor of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.