Edo de Waart

Music Director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart also holds the positions of Conductor Laureate of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his existing posts, he was previously Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Chief Conductor of De Nederlandse Opera.

The 2018/19 season will see de Waart conduct his former orchestras Hong Kong Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra and Rotterdam Philharmonic, as well as returning to NHK Symphony Orchestra. De Waart’s recent recordings include Henderickx Symphony No.1 and Oboe Concerto, Mahler’s Symphony no.1 and Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, both with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic.
 

Beginning his career as an Assistant Conductor to Leonard Bernstein at the New York Philharmonic, de Waart then returned to Holland where he was appointed Assistant Conductor to Bernard Haitink at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Edo de Waart has received a number of awards for his musical achievements, including becoming a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion and an Honorary Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.