Stéphane Denève Music Director

Stéphane Denève, now recognised internationally as an exciting young conductor of the highest calibre,  became Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in September 2005.

He has a great affinity with the music of his native France, and has conducted works from Grétry, through Debussy and Ravel, to Connesson, as well as Berlioz, Roussel, Fauré and Poulenc. At the same time, he is very much at home in a broad range of repertoire, particularly in the music of the romantic era, but also in the works of Mozart and the early twentieth-century composers.

David Danzmayr Assistant Conductor

David Danzmayr was born in 1980 in Oberndorf near Salzburg and is currently Assistant Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

He studied piano with Professor Czjcek and conducting both with Dennis Russell Davies at the University Mozarteum and with Leif Segerstam at the Sibelius Academy. David completed his conducting studies in 2005 with honours.

Neeme Järvi Conductor Laureate

Neeme Järvi is Chief Conductor of the Residentie Orkest (The Hague), Principal Conductor and Music Director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Emeritus of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor Emeritus of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, First Principal Guest Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Alexander Lazarev Conductor Emeritus

Alexander Lazarev studied at the St Petersburg Conservatory and later with Leo Ginsbourg at the Moscow Conservatoire. From 1987 to 1995 he was Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, the first person for over thirty years to hold both positions concurrently.

Walter Weller Conductor Emeritus

Walter Weller was born in Vienna and became a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of seventeen. The following year he founded the Weller Quartet, which became famous internationally during its ten year existence and made many distinguished recordings.

Timothy Dean RSNO Chorus Director

Timothy Dean was appointed RSNO Chorus Director in November 2006, following three successful months as Guest Director. Dean is also Head of Opera at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, has worked extensively with opera companies including Kent Opera and the new D'Oyly Carte Opera, and is Vice President of the London based British Youth Opera.

Timothy Dean studied music at Reading University, and then piano and conducting at the Royal College of Music. He then became Chorus Master and Head of Music for Kent Opera where he worked for ten years, conducting a wide repertoire on tour in the UK and abroad, including a cycle of the Britten Church Parables performed at a number of UK festivals in the 1990s.

In 1987 he was appointed the first Music Director of British Youth Opera. Since then he has been instrumental in developing the company into a vital part of the national infrastructure for training young singers and musicians to an advanced level, as well as conducting over twenty productions and many concerts for the company.