In 2020, Gimeno conducted the world premiere of Francisco Coll’s Violin Concerto, written for Patricia Kopatchinskaja and co-commissioned with NTR ZaterdagMatinee, London Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony and Bamberger Symphoniker. During 2021 Pentatone released a recording of the Violin Concerto with Kopatchinskaja, Gimeno and OPL as part of a Coll monograph. Gimeno’s catalogue on Pentatone with OPL already includes Shostakovich’s Symphony No.1 and Bruckner’s Symphony No.1, Ravel’s complete ballet music to Daphnis et Chloé, Mahler’s Symphony No.4, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle and César Franck’s Symphony in D minor.
As an opera conductor he is invited for major titles at great houses such as the Liceu Opera Barcelona; Opernhaus Zürich; Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia and Teatro Real Madrid, where he conducts Calixto Bieito’s production of Prokofiev’s Fiery Angel in 2022. He is much sought-after as a symphonic guest conductor worldwide: debuts in 2021 and 2022 include Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony, while highlights of past seasons include concerts with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Philharmoniker, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre National de France, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston and Chicago symphony orchestras, Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra and Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Gimeno is also regularly reinvited to the Concertgebouworkest. At home and abroad touring projects have included concerts as far afield as Japan and Taiwan.
Born in Valencia, Gustavo Gimeno began his international conducting career in 2012 under the mentorship of Mariss Jansons – and benefited too from the support and influence of Bernard Haitink and Claudio Abbado.
