Jonathan Nott took up the post of Principal Conductor of the Bamberger Symphoniker in January 2000. Since his appointment, he has taken the orchestra on tour regularly – to South America, Russia, the Edinburgh and Salzburg Festivals, New York, and most recently the orchestra’s 100th concert in Japan and an appearance at the BBC Proms.
British born, he studied in Cambridge, Manchester and London. Since the mid-nineties he has guest conducted many renowned orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, with whom he recorded the complete orchestral works of Gyorgy Ligeti.
Highlights during the current season include return visits to the LA and New York Philharmonic as well as the NHK, and invitations to the Philharmonia and Netherlands Radio. This season also sees a completion of Bamberg’s highly-acclaimed series of recordings of the complete Schubert symphonies and new releases of works by Janacek, Mahler and Stravinsky.
"For some people, contemporary work is put in as a sort of apology. But if I've programmed a John Adams piece before Beethoven's Seventh, it's because people will listen to the Beethoven differently afterwards"
Biography
Nott and Bamberg thrill Edinburgh audiences
