Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Stéphane Denève has a great affinity with the music of his native France, and has conducted works from Grétry, through Debussy and Ravel, to Connesson, as well as Berlioz, Roussel, Fauré and Poulenc. At the same time, he is very much at home in a broad range of repertoire, particularly in the music of the romantic era, but also in the works by Mozart and the early twentieth-century composers.

In past seasons, Stéphane Denève has appeared with orchestras including the Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony, St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. He enjoys special relationships with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Verdi Orchestra Milan, with whom he makes regular appearances. In North America, he has conducted the Washington National Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Houston Symphony and St. Louis Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Detroit, Indianapolis and Seattle Symphony Orchestras.

Stéphane Denève
MUSIC DIRECTOR
The Sir Alexander Gibson Memorial Chair

Garry Walker
PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR

James Lowe
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
John Mather Charitable Trust Chair

Edwin Paling
LEADER
Sir Tom and Lady Farmer Chair

Alexander Lazarev
CONDUCTOR EMERITUS

Walter Weller
CONDUCTOR EMERITUS

Neeme Järvi
CONDUCTOR LAUREATE


The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is one of Europe’s leading symphony orchestras. Formed in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra, the company became the Scottish National Orchestra in 1950, and was awarded Royal Patronage in 1991. A host of renowned conductors has contributed to its success, including Walter Susskind, Sir Alexander Gibson, Bryden Thomson, Neeme Järvi, Walter Weller and Alexander Lazarev. Stéphane Denève became Music Director in September 2005, and this new partnership has already enjoyed overwhelming critical acclaim. Denève heads a youthful artistic team as Music Director, with Garry Walker as Principal Guest Conductor, and James Lowe as Associate Conductor.

The RSNO performs across Scotland, including seasons in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Perth and Inverness. It recently toured Austria and Croatia, with two concerts in the Musikverein in Vienna, and last year performed in Paris as part of Festival Présences. The Orchestra played at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament building in October 2004, and appears regularly at the Edinburgh International Festival and the BBC Proms in London.

The RSNO has a world-wide reputation for the quality of its recordings. Over 200 releases are available, including: the complete symphonies of Sibelius (Gibson), Dvořák and Prokofiev (Järvi) and Nielsen and Martinů (Thomson); a complete cycle of Barber’s orchestral works(Alsop); and film soundtracks such as Vertigo, Star Wars, Titanic, The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape. Most recently, the RSNO has worked with Scottish folk/pop singer Eddi Reader on an album of Robert Burns’ songs, and has recorded four Glazunov symphonies, the complete score of Shostakovich’s ballet The Golden Age (Serebrier) and also his Symphony No11 (Lazarev). In 2007 the RSNO’s much-anticipated first recording under Stéphane Denève will be released on the Naxos label – the first instalment of a complete cycle of Roussel’s orchestral works.

In 2006 the Orchestra launched RSNO musiconline, an internet music streaming and download service which allows subscription access to over 60,000 classical recordings via the RSNO website, www.rsno.org.uk.

The RSNO’s award-winning education and community engagement programmes continue to develop musical talent and appreciation with people of all ages throughout Scotland. The introduction of a new concert series to the Glasgow calendar, Naked Classics, sees the RSNO use projections, lighting, a presenter and excerpts by the Orchestra to reveal the stories behind some of the great classical masterpieces.

Contact

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

73 Claremont Street
Glasgow
Glasgow
G3 7JB
Scotland

Further contact details ...

Tel: +44 (141) 226 3868
Tel: +44 (141) 221 4317
E-Mail: info@rsno.org.uk
WWW: http://www.rsno.org.uk