Dane Lam Conductor Australian conductor Dane Lam was relationship that has also seen him conduct Il appointed Associate Music Director and barbiere di Siviglia, Don Giovanni, Aida, Resident Conductor at Opera Queensland in Norma, Mascagni’s Iris, Will Todd’s Alice’s December 2020, a position created for him Adventures in Wonderland, and a new specifically and the first of its kind in the production of Così fan tutte. company’s history. He is also Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of China’s Born in Brisbane, Australia to an Australian Xi’an Symphony Orchestra. Dane has been mother and a Singaporean-Chinese father, leading the orchestral revival in Australia Dane played piano, clarinet, and saxophone following the Covid-lockdown and has as a child, and studied conducting under conducted the first performances in front of Gwyn Roberts at the University of live audiences for Opera Queensland, Queensland. Following an assistantship and Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide three years of study with Gianluigi Gelmetti, Symphony Orchestra and Melbourne then Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. As well as Opera Symphony and Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Queensland’s new production of Le nozze di Dane attained his Masters from The Juilliard Figaro, his 2021 highlights include the School on a full scholarship under James inaugural production of the National Opera in DePreist before undertaking a Junior Canberra, La clemenza di Tito, concerts with Fellowship in Conducting at the Royal the Sydney and Queensland Symphony Northern College of Music under Sir Mark Orchestras, and a Martha Argerich and Elder, Clark Rundell and Mark Heron. A “Dane Lam was endlessly friends festival with the Xi’an Symphony protégé of the late Kurt Masur, Dane held the Orchestra. post as his Assistant Conductor at the energetic and Orchestre National de France. As well as a Elsewhere, Dane has appeared with Opera former Principal Conductor of the Liverpool uncompromising on Australia, Scottish Opera, Opera Holland Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and Associate Park, the Canberra, Western Australia, Conductor with Opera Holland Park, Dane is rhythmic detail” Dunedin, Beijing, Suzhou, Kunming and an International Ambassador of the Royal Shandong Symphony Orchestras, Munich Northern College of Music. In 2021, he was Radio Orchestra, Het Residentie Orkest, City appointed an Associate Lecturer at the Flora Willson, The Guardian of London Sinfonia, Manchester Camerata, University of Queensland, where he will be Southbank Sinfonia, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, taking the University of Queensland Beethoven Orchester Bonn and the Verbier Symphony Orchestra in new and exciting Festival Orchestra. directions exciting directions within and outside the university community and has Since Dane assumed the post of Principal been tasked with establishing an elite Conductor in Xi’an in 2014, XSO’s classical conducting program. Dane currently divides subscription offering has almost doubled his time between London, Xi’an, and Brisbane. while attendance has increased commensurately. He led the very first staged, professional opera in this 3000-year-old city with Tosca in 2015, followed by Le nozze di Valid for use until 1 August 2021 Figaro, La traviata and Candide, raising the For updated versions please contact artistic standard and profile of the orchestra [email protected] to attract such artists as Jose Carreras, Sumi Jo, Midori Goto, Barry Douglas, Angela Hewitt, Stephen Hough, Ning Feng, Kirill Gerstein, and Yundi Li. Dane conducted the XSO at the 2016 CCTV1 Mid-Autumn Festival Gala which was televised live around China and internationally to an audience exceeding one billion viewers while presiding over a period of financial security for the organisation and forging international partnerships. Moreover, Xi’an has seen important premieres during Dane’s tenure including Beethoven and Brahms Symphony Cycles, and an ongoing Mahler Symphony Cycle in partnership with the University of Queensland. Following his 2019 company debut conducting La bohème for Opera Australia, he was immediately reinvited to conduct Don Giovanni the following year. Other recent highlights include Carl Davis’ A Christmas Carol with Het Residentie Orkest in The Hague, Orpheus et Eurydie with Opera Queensland and Cilea’s L’arlesiana at Opera Holland Park, with whom Dane has a close Rayfield Allied Member of the International Artist 9-12 The Stableyard Managers’ Association Broomgrove Road, London SW9 9TL, UK Rayfield Allied acts as agent only and can www.rayfieldallied.com accept no responsibility as principal E-mail [email protected] Telephone +44 (0) 20 3176 5500 Facsimile +44 (0) 700 602 4143 .