Having conducted many of the world’s greatest orchestras and opera companies in recent seasons, Dutch-Maltese conductor Lawrence Renes was, until recently, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Royal Swedish Opera. During his time there, productions included the Swedish première of George Benjamin’s Written on Skin, as well as Madama Butterfly, Idomeneo, The Rite of Spring, Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre, Peter Grimes, Turandot, Salome, Der Rosenkavalier, and Jenůfa amongst others.
A champion of John Adams, Renes has conducted productions of Nixon in Chinaat San Francisco Opera and Doctor Atomic at both English National Opera and De Nederlandse Opera — the DVD of the latter was named as one of the Ten Best Classical Recordings of the Year for 2008 in The New Yorker. Renes has conducted Adams’ orchestral works with London, Oslo and Hong Kong philharmonic orchestras, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recent and upcoming engagements include debuts with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the NHK and Vancouver symphony orchestras, as well as returns to London Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Zealand and Melbourne symphony orchestras, and Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
