In recent seasons, Lawrence Renes has conducted many of Europe’s most prestigious orchestras: including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, BBC and Gothenburg Symphonies, Teatro Carlo Felice - Genoa, MDR Leipzig and WDR Köln, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Danish National Symphony Orchestras. Within the US he has conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Minnesota, Seattle, Houston, Detroit, Indianapolis and St Louis Symphonies and at the 2007 Aspen Music Festival.
Engagements for this and forthcoming seasons include returns to the Oslo Philharmonic, Het Residentie Orkest, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Malmo Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. He will also be conducting the National Orchestra of Spain, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine and the Bergen Philharmonic to name a few.
Lawrence Renes has gained an excellent operatic reputation with his ability to offer a broad range of repertoire, including a number of contemporary operas. He gave the US premiere of Tan Dun's Tea with Sante Fe Opera to great critical acclaim, and in 2007 he returned to Netherlands Opera for the European Premiere of John Adams' Dr Atomic and will lead the work’s UK premiere at the English National Opera in 2009. He makes his Seattle Opera debut with Elektra in 2008 and 2009 sees his debut with Theatre Royal de la Monnaie (Rake’s Progress).
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