Ivor Bolton

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Ivor Bolton is one of the most distinguished conductors in the field of Baroque and Classical repertoire; his versatility, however, is borderless. He recorded a critically acclaimed series of Bruckner-Symphonies with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, whose chief conductor he was for 12 years. Further, he conducted Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd, which received the „best production“-prize by Opernwelt, at Teatro Real, as well as at Royal Opera House Covent Garden. With the Sinfonieorchester Basel, whose Chief Conductor Bolton has been since 2016, he recorded a series of works by Gabriel Fauré. In Madrid he holds the position of Music Director since 2015.
In addition to his leading positions Ivor Bolton is Conductor Laureate of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, with whom he appears annually at the Salzburg Festival and on tour, and Chief Conductor of the Dresden Festival Orchestra. He enjoys a close relationship with the Bayerische Staatsoper where he has conducted a wide range of new productions, most notably Monteverdi, Haendel and Mozart since 1994. He was awarded the prestigious „Bayerische Theaterpreis“ for his outstanding work in Munich. In February 2024, he was made “Commander of the British Empire” at Buckingham palace for his exceptional services to music.
Since his time as Music Director of English Touring Opera and Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Ivor Bolton has appeared at numerous prestigious opera houses, including the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Opéra national de Paris, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera, as well as the opera houses of Bologna, Brussels, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Sydney, Berlin, Hamburg and Genoa. In concert he has been principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and a welcome guest at the BBC Proms and Lincoln Center New York, among others, as well as with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam, Orchestre de Paris, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Wiener Symphoniker and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
Highlights of the past season include Medée and Orlando at Teatro Real in Madrid, Entführung aus dem Serail and Idomeneo at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, concerts with Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Brucknerorchester Linz, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as concerts at Teatro La Fenice, Mozartwoche and Salzburg Festival.
Projects for the 2024/25 season include Theodora and Mitridate at Teatro Real in Madrid as well as Le nozze di Figaro at the Vienna State Opera in addition to his activities in Basel and Dresden. Concert engagements include Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Maggio Musicale, concerts at the Royal Danish Theater Copenhagen, and concerts with Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich, Belgium National Orchestra, hr Frankfurt, La Fenice, and as well his continuous collaboration with Mozartwoche and Salzburg Festival.