Sir Colin Davis and the LSO
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Sir Colin Davis and the LSO
Genres: Classical, british
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About Sir Colin Davis and the LSO
Sir Colin Davis is President of the London Symphony Orchestra and is also Honorary Conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle. Sir Colin began last season performing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the LSO at the Proms and going on to tour it in Paris, Bonn and New York. After performances of Berlioz Beatrice and Benedict with the Royal Academy of Music he completed the LSO series of Nielsen and Haydn Symphonies and Beethoven’s Piano Concertos with Uchida. 2012 saw Sir Colin at Covent Garden with Mozart Cosi fan Tutte. In the Spring he performed Weber’s Der Freischutz with the LSO. Sir Colin worked with Dresden Staatskapelle and then conducted Mozart’s Requiem in St Denis, Paris with the ONF before returning to London to conduct Berlioz Requiem in St Paul’s Cathedral with the LSO for the City of London Festival. This season begins with Sir Colin celebrating his 85th birthday with Uchida, Radu Lupu and the LSO. In October he makes his debut performance with Santa Cecilia in Rome with Haydn’s Creation. After working with the GSMD and RAM he returns to the LSO for concerts in London and stays with them for the New Year to conduct Mozart’s Requiem. Sir Colin then spends some time with the ONF in Paris and touring with them to Athens before visiting Dresden to work with the Dresden Staatskapelle in March. He returns to the LSO at the end of the March and stays to conduct Britten’s Turn of the Screw with the LSO in April. June sees Sir Colin again in Paris with the ONF and then back in London with the LSO and Nikolaj Znaider. The Season concludes with a concert at the Proms with the LSO and then visiting Grafenegg, Austria with them. Sir Colin Davis has recorded widely with Phillips, BMG and Erato. His next releases with LSO Live will be the Berlioz Requiem, Nielsen Symphonies No 2 and 3 and Weber Der Freischutz which are all scheduled for release in 2013. Sir Colin has been awarded international honours by Italy, France, Germany and Finland. He was named a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2001. Sir Colin received The Queen’s Medal for Music in December 2009 and was awarded the Commander of the Order of Dannebrog by the Queen of Denmark in 2012. During his career Sir Colin conducted the BBC Scottish Orchestra, moving to Sadler’s Wells Opera House in 1959. He spent 1967 – 71 as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, became Music Director of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 1971 and also Principal Guest Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1972. Sir Colin spent 1983 - 1992 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, was Principal Guest Conductor of the New York Philharmonic from 1998 - 2003 and has been Honorary Conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle since 1990. He was Principal Conductor of the LSO from 1995 - 2006. Sir Colin Davis was born in Weybridge, Surrey in 1927.
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