AOR Management Inc E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +1 206 729 6160 6910 Roosevelt Way N.E Cell: +1 206 915 5145 PMB 221 Seattle. WA 98115. Derek Gleeson, Conductor "Performances are entirely convincing, polished and stylish under Irish conductor Gleeson's able leadership." In Tune Magazine "Derek Gleeson conducted with spirit . striking detail . A must for anyone who loves Russian music." Classic CD Magazine “Derek Gleeson, a rising star among conductors, delivers superb performances of music with immense interest." Records International “Something truly different comes along only rarely on recordings . fascinating." CD Review 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 the 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, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonica Bulgarica, Philharmonic Orchestra Hradec Kralove, National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne, RTL Orchestra (Luxembourg), NOS Orchestra (Holland), The Rűckert Orchestra, Orchestra of the Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet (London), The Los Angeles Composers Guild Chamber Orchestra, and the Tehran Symphony Orchestra (Iran). He conducted Rigoletto for the Anna Livia International Opera Festival in Dublin, and his additional operatic performances include Verdi's La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, and Un Ballo in Maschera; Mozart's La Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte, and The Magic Flute; Bizet's Carmen; and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Derek Gleeson 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). His recordings with the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonica Bulgarica include premieres of contemporary American and Irish composers - the first Gaelic rendition of Prokofiev's Peter & The Wolf; Carolan Suite on Patrick Cassidy's CD, Deirdre of the Sorrows (BMG/Windham Hill); American composer Don Ray's orchestral suite, Family Portrait and the premier recording of his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with Philharmonia Bulgarica, released on Albany Records; together with Don Ray’s Homestead Dances with the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra for Albany Records. Gleeson and The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra toured the United States visiting 49 cities in 24 states. They also toured China, performing at the Shanghai Grand Theatre's World Expo Program, and presenting two concerts for the opening of the Beijing Festival summer season at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. These concerts were televised throughout China to over 400 million people. Subsequently, Gleeson returned to China for a Gala TV broadcast performance at The Great Hall of the People with The National Ballet Symphony Orchestra of China, before returning for a second tour with the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra, and a more recent tour with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. 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 was Program Director and Co-Founder of Ireland's first MA program studies in Scoring for Film and Visual Media, in association with Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music/Pulse College/Windmill Lane Recording Studios. He is Director of Screen Training for Ireland's Film Scoring Program, Dublin, has served as Composer Advisor to “Moonstone International” (sister company to Sundance Festival), and is Jury Chairman for the Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA). His most beloved film scores include those for the feature films The White Pony (Director Brian Kelly), Irish Whiskey (Director Jon Stevens), Moving Target (Director Paul Ziller), The Doorway (Director Michael Druxman), Kitchen (Director Kieron Walsh), and additional music for The Suicide Club (Director Rachel Samuels). As an ardent champion of contemporary music, Gleeson has provided many premier performances of works by living composers, most recently for the Znojmo Festival, and his own works are being performed in Europe, Argentina, and the U.S. 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. August 2020 .