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Derek Gleeson, Conductor
Derek Gleeson, The Irish Conductor, is one of the most multi-versatile conductors of his generation. As conductor of the renowned Irish Symphonic Extravaganza concerts and as producer of The Four Italian Tenors - a program he will tour as conductor in the 2019/2020 season - he has garnered spectacular reviews for his exciting and imaginative programming and for his live performances in both Classical Subscription and Pops Series’. His unique new project Beethoven’s Double, combining Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Beethoven’s own Piano Concerto arrangement of the same work, reaches worldwide concert platforms in 2020. He has been Music Director of the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra since 1997 with whom he has toured worldwide. As guest conductor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and as part of his tenure with the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra he has brought lesser known works of the classical masters to the recording catalogue. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Harbin Symphony Orchestra in China.
In addition to the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Gleeson has guest conducted orchestras and opera companies worldwide including RTE Concert Orchestra, The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Prague Philharmonia, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Orchestra Da Camera Fiorentina, The Brohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, and Czech National Symphony Orchestra amongst many others.
He conducted the premier CD recording of Tchaikovsky's oratorio, Ode to Joy, The Original Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture, and Prokofiev's Zdravitsa with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir (Carlton Classics/IMP Masters) and his recordings with the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonica Bulgarica include many premieres of contemporary American and Irish composers. Gleeson and The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra have toured the United States visiting 49 cities in 24 states; and China, performing live televised concerts for the Shanghai Grand Theatre's World Expo Program.
Gleeson is a prolific composer of film scores and is Founder and CEO of the Film Scoring Academy of Europe, and the new European Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia. He is Director of Screen Training for Ireland's Film Scoring Program, Dublin, and is Jury Chairman for the Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA).
Born in Dublin, Gleeson is a US and Ireland dual citizen. He was a prize winner in the Shell/London Symphony Orchestra music scholarship program and had the pleasure of working under the baton of international Maestros such as Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Barenboim, and Sir George Solti.
Abridged. 400 words August 2020