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Biography Sian Edwards Conductor 08.10 .13 Kuopio Symphony, Turku Philharmonic, Klangforum Sian Edwards studied at the RNCM and with Professor Wien, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de A.I. Musin at the Leningrad Conservatoire. In the Autumn Galicia, musikfabrik, Landesjugendorchester Berlin, of 2013, she will take up the role of Head of Conducting at Deutscher Musikrat,, Jyväskylä Symphony, Palestinian the Royal Academy of Music. She has worked with many Youth Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic, Milton Keynes of the world’s leading orchestras including Los Angeles City Orchestra , Edinburgh Youth Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Cleveland, Orchestre de Paris, Ensemble Sinfonietta, English Chamber Orchestra, BBC National Orchestral de Paris, Berlin Symphony, the Frankfurt Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Royal Radio Symphony Orchestra, MDR Leipzig, Vienna Conservatoire of Scotland, Russian National Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Finnish as well as performances for the 2013 BBC Proms with Radio Symphony, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Royal Britten Sinfonia, 2013 BBC Children in Need, the Flanders Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, the Hallé, and Edinburgh International Festival, Bemus Festival in City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. She has a Belgrade and a tour of the UK with the Royal close relationship with Ensemble Modern in Germany. Philharmonic Orchestra in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee . She made her operatic debut in 1986 conducting Weill's Mahagonny for Scottish Opera and her ROH debut in Operatic engagements include The Rape of Lucretia and 1988 with Tippett's The Knot Garden. From 1993 to 1995 La traviata for the Theater an der Wien, the ballet Orlando she was Music Director of ENO for whom her repertoire for the Staatstheater Stuttgart, The Rake’s Progress for included Khovanshchina, Jenufa, Queen of Spades and Scottish Opera, Ades’ The Tempest for Oper Frankfurt , a Blond Eckbert (also recorded on Collins). For the new opera by Luke Bedford for Royal Opera House Glyndebourne Festival she has conducted La Traviata Covent Garden and a concert performance of Tippett’s and the Ravel Double Bill, and for Glyndebourne Touring King Priam at the Brighton Festival. She has recently Opera Katya Kabanova and Tippett's New Year . She contributed to a new film by Tony Palmer on Holst. conducted the world premiere of Mark Anthony Turnage’s Greek at the Munich Biennale in 1988, and other engagements have included the world premiere of Hans Gefors' Clara for the Opéra Comique in Paris, Cosi fan Worldwide management: tutte in Aspen, her return to ENO for Eugene Onegin , Don Jonathan Groves: [email protected] Giovanni in Copenhagen, Damnation de Faust in Lulu Chivers: [email protected] Helsinki, Peter Grimes and Tchaikovsky Queen of Helen Hogh: [email protected] Spades in Frankfurt; Previn A Streetcar Named Desire and Heggie Dead Man Walking at the Theater an der Please check with us if the document is more than two Wien, Weir A Night at the Chinese Opera for Scottish months old. Opera, Jenufa for Welsh National Opera, Hansel and Gretel for the Royal Academy of Music and Aquarius by Karel Goeyvaerts for Flanders Opera. Sian Edwards' recordings include Peter and the Wolf , Britten's Young Person's Guide , and Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony , all with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Judith Weir's Blond Eckbert with English National Opera. Recent and future concert engagements include performances with Ensemble Modern, Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich, SWR Sinfonieorchester Freiburg, .