In recent seasons, Lawrence Renes has conducted many of Europe’s most prestigious orchestras: including the Symphony Orchestras of Bamberg, Gothenburg, MDR Leipzig and WDR Köln. Within the US he has conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Minnesota, Seattle, Houston, Detroit and St Louis Symphonies, and at the 2007 Aspen Music Festival.
Engagements for this and forthcoming seasons include his debut performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Spain and Bergen Philharmonic, and he returns to the Oslo and Royal Stockholm Philharmonics, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and twice to the Teatro Carlo Felice, for a Richard Strauss programme, and a concert performance of Tan Dun’s Tea.
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 recently gave the US premiere of Tan Dun's Tea with Sante Fe Opera to great critical acclaim, and in 2007 he also 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.
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