David Robertson

David Robertson was Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Ensemble InterContemporain. Highlights of recent seasons include the Seattle Symphony, Royal Danish Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Minnesota Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. Since his 1996 Metropolitan Opera debut, Robertson has conducted several productions at the Met, including the 2019/20 season premiere production of Porgy and Bess for which he earned a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording in 2021. At the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, he conducted Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová. David serves on the Tianjin Juilliard Advisory Council, complementing his role as Director of Conducting Studies, Distinguished Visiting Faculty of The Juilliard School, New York.