Captivating audiences throughout the world for over six decades, Charles Dutoit has been one of today’s most sought-after conductors, having performed with all the major orchestras on five continents. He received two of the most prestigious honours in the music world: in 2017, the gold medal of the “Royal Philharmonic Society” and the “Premio una Vita nella Musica 2022″ from the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Former Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Principal Guest Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, he has enjoyed an artistic collaboration with the Philadelphia Orchestra that spanned 32 years. He has regularly appeared with the orchestras of Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, and has been a regular guest on the stages of London, Berlin, Paris, Munich, Hamburg, Moscow, Sydney, Tokyo and Shanghai. Charles Dutoit was Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra for twenty-five years and held the same position from 1991 to 2011 with the Orchestre National de France. He is Music Director Emeritus of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo after having served as Principal Conductor and Music Director. Charles Dutoit’s interest in mentoring the young generation has led to positions as Music Director of the Sapporo Pacific Music Festival and Miyazaki International Music Festival in Japan as well as the Canton International Summer Music Academy in Guangzhou, China and the Lindenbaum Festival in Seoul, South Korea. Music Director of the Verbier Festival Orchestra between 2009 and 2017, he is now Conductor Emeritus. He has toured China 35 times, giving Chinese Premieres of such works as Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Britten’s War Requiem, Strauss’ Operas, Elektra and Salome. When still in his early 20’s, Charles Dutoit was invited by Karajan to conduct at the Vienna State Opera. He has since conducted at Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, the Rome Opera and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
