He has also enjoyed successful collaborations with the Norwegian Opera and Royal Swedish Opera. This season he makes first visits to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra and Bergen Philharmonic, and returns to many orchestras, among them the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Royal Danish Opera ( Die Walküre and New Year concerts), London Philharmonic Orchestra and Danish National Symphony Orchestra.įollowing his acclaimed debut for the Royal Danish Opera ( Kafka’s Trial), Thomas has returned regularly to conduct a broad repertoire, ranging from contemporary to Le nozze di Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La bohème, The Cunning Little Vixen and Il viaggio a Reims. Thomas’ recent RSNO highlights include tours to China and the US, the premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto with Nicola Benedetti and much-praised appearances at the Edinburgh International Festival. He has made highly successful tours to China, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. North American appearances to date include the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta, Vancouver, Houston and Seattle. He has appeared with many notable orchestras in leading European centres, such as Berlin (including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Mahler Chamber Orchestra), Leipzig (Gewandhausorchester), Paris (Orchestre National de France), London (London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, London Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestra), Amsterdam and Rotterdam (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic), and is a familiar figure in Scandinavia, with such orchestras as the Oslo Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony, Danish National Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony and Helsinki Philharmonic. Between 20 he served as Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW), after stepping down as Principal Conductor and Musical Advisor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård is Music Director of the RSNO, following six seasons as Principal Guest Conductor.