Gustavo Gimeno
From the 2015-2016 season, Gustavo Gimeno takes up his post as music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. He begins his partnership with a focus on the first symphonies of Beethoven, Mahler, Bruckner, Schumann and Shostakovich and with singers from the Wiener Singverein he will conduct Verdi’s Requiem. At the contemporary end of the spectrum he is conducting works of Rihm, Berg and Berio. His soloists in his first season include Isabelle Faust, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Leonidas Kavakos, Anja Harteros and Stefan Dohr.
After a sensational debut with Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2014 and return concerts in Amsterdam, he will tour with the orchestra to Taiwan and Japan. He also returns to the Munich Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Verdi Orchestra, Milan. He will make debuts on the podiums of the Orchestra National de France, Orchestra National de Capitol du Toulouse, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle and the Philharmonia Zurich.
Alongside his U.S. debut with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra’s Blossom Festival, Gimeno will also make his debut with Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the 2016 Ravinia Festival. In Japan, he will also be on the podiums of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Osaka Philharmonic.
Recent highlights included debuts in 2014-2015 season with the Leipzig Gewandhaus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Danish National Symphony Orchestra. In Spring 2015, Gimeno made his debut at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia conducting Bellini’s “Norma” in a new Davide Livermore production. In February 2014, on the occasion of his sensational Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra debut Gimeno conducted the European debut of Magnus Lindberg’s second Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Yefim Bronfman, (its dedicatee). Gimeno has worked closely with many composers including Theo Loevendie, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, George Benjamin and the young Spanish composer Francisco Coll.
Gimeno’s international conducting career began in 2012 as assistant to Mariss Jansons with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He spent several insightful years assisting the late Claudio Abbado with the Orchestra Mozart, Bologna, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Mahler Chamber Orchestra. In 2013 he also assisted Bernard Haitink with the Orchestra Mozart. Working closely with such mentors has had a profound impact on the formative years of his conducting career.
Gimeno was born in Valencia, Spain, and lives with his family in Amsterdam. Between 2001 and 2013 he was principal percussionist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
www.gustavogimeno.com
After a sensational debut with Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2014 and return concerts in Amsterdam, he will tour with the orchestra to Taiwan and Japan. He also returns to the Munich Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Verdi Orchestra, Milan. He will make debuts on the podiums of the Orchestra National de France, Orchestra National de Capitol du Toulouse, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle and the Philharmonia Zurich.
Alongside his U.S. debut with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra’s Blossom Festival, Gimeno will also make his debut with Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the 2016 Ravinia Festival. In Japan, he will also be on the podiums of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Osaka Philharmonic.
Recent highlights included debuts in 2014-2015 season with the Leipzig Gewandhaus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Danish National Symphony Orchestra. In Spring 2015, Gimeno made his debut at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia conducting Bellini’s “Norma” in a new Davide Livermore production. In February 2014, on the occasion of his sensational Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra debut Gimeno conducted the European debut of Magnus Lindberg’s second Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Yefim Bronfman, (its dedicatee). Gimeno has worked closely with many composers including Theo Loevendie, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, George Benjamin and the young Spanish composer Francisco Coll.
Gimeno’s international conducting career began in 2012 as assistant to Mariss Jansons with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He spent several insightful years assisting the late Claudio Abbado with the Orchestra Mozart, Bologna, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Mahler Chamber Orchestra. In 2013 he also assisted Bernard Haitink with the Orchestra Mozart. Working closely with such mentors has had a profound impact on the formative years of his conducting career.
Gimeno was born in Valencia, Spain, and lives with his family in Amsterdam. Between 2001 and 2013 he was principal percussionist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
www.gustavogimeno.com