Rossen Gergov is gaining widespread recognition for his work both on the concert platform and in the opera pit, in repertoire from Mozart to the most challenging of contemporary works. Gergov held the position of Chief Conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra until 2017. He is currently Principal Guest Conductor of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra.
In recent seasons, Gergov has worked with important orchestras both in Europe and Asia, including the Noord Nederlands Orkest, Tokyo Symphony and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, SWR Symphonieorchester and the Sichuan and China National Symphony Orchestras. Recent debuts include appearances at Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos conducting a series of concerts with the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, the Osaka Symphony Orchestra in Japan, Szczecin Philharmonic and upcoming engagements in Bydgoszcz with the Pomeranian Philharmonic and in Warsaw with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra as part of the Eufonie Festival.
Opera highlights include his debut at Teatro Comunale Bolzano in a production of George Benjamin’s Written on Skin during the 2016/17 season. Previously he made his debut at the Nationaltheater Mannheim with a new production of Henze’s Die Bassariden, going on to conduct performances of Cherubini’s Medée. Opera engagements in previous seasons include Tosca, Benedict Mason’s Playing Away and the Austrian premiere of Weinberg’s Das Portrait — all at Bregenzer Festspiele. He also conducted Die Fledermaus and Rigoletto at Volksoper Wien, La traviata and Le nozze di Figaro at Theater Meiningen, Carmen in Varna, Bulgaria, and Orpheus in the Underworld with Trinity Laban in London.
