Thomas Rösner

Vienna-born THOMAS RÖSNER became a widely sought-after conductor after his debut with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in 1998, receiving invitations from the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Semperoper in Dresden, the Operas in Stuttgart and Zurich, the Théâtre La Moni in Brussels and the Grand Théâtre in Geneva, National Opera in Lyon, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Welsh National Opera, Grand Opera in Houston, Korean National Opera, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing, the New National Theatre in Tokyo, and from festivals in Glyndebourne, Edinburgh, Quebec and Bregenz. He has been chief conductor of the Orchestre National de Bordeaux and the Orchestre Symphonique Bienne, and is founder and artistic director of the Beethoven Philharmonie. He has conducted the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Birmingham and Houston Symphony Orchestras, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Capitole de Toulouse, Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne, Prague and Warsaw Philharmonics, Sinfonia Varsovia, Toscanini Filarmonica Parma, Les Violons du Roy in Montreal and the Israel Sinfonietta. His future projects include performances with the Bern, Aalborg, Gran Canaria and Beijing Symphony Orchestras, the Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra in Lodz, the Borusan Philharmonic Orchestra in Istanbul, the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as performances at the National Opera of the Rhine in Strasbourg, the Latvian National Opera in Riga and the Bern Theatre. He has toured with the Beethoven Philharmonie in Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia and the Vienna Konzerthaus, and has received invitations from the Istanbul State Orchestra, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, the Tonkünstler Orchestra at the Grafenegg Festival, the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Jerusalem and the International May Festival in Wiesbaden. Opera productions await him at the NCPA in Beijing, the National Opera of the Rhine in Strasbourg, the Latvian National Opera in Riga and the opera houses in Bern and Brandenburg. His discography of extensive repertoire is in partnership with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique Bienne Soleure and the Beethoven Philharmonie. His CD Haydn Arias & Overtures won the JUNO award in Toronto. A CD of Wagner and Richard Strauss with tenor Daniel Behle and the Istanbul Borusan Philharmonic, released by Prospero in 2023, was highly acclaimed by critics.