Sir Colin Davis began his career
as Assistant Conductor with the BBC
Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 1957, and
moved to Sadlers Wells in 1959 as
Principal Conductor and then Musical
Director. In 1971, after four years as
Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony
Orchestra, he became Musical Director of
the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
From 1983 to 1992 he was Music Director
and Principal Conductor of the Bavarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra and has been
Honorary Conductor of the Dresden
Staatskapelle since 1990. Sir Colin is
Principal Conductor of the London
Symphony Orchestra.
Sir Colin
Davis began his new appointment with the
London Symphony Orchestra with concert
performances of Berlioz's Romeo and
Juliet and Britten's A Midsummer
Night's Dream. After taking part in
the Bruckner Mozart Festival with the
London Symphony Orchestra and touring
with them in the Canary Islands and
Switzerland, Sir Colin conducted
Berlioz's The Trojans at La
Scala, Milan in April. He then returned
to London for Mozart's Die Entfuhrung
aus dem Serail at the Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden in May. This season,
Sir Colin will also be working with the
Dresden Staatskapelle, New York
Philharmonic and Bavarian Radio
Orchestras. Future plans include a new
production of Strauss' Ariadne
with the Bavarian State Opera in the
autumn and a Brahms Festival with the
London Symphony Orchestra in 1997.
Sir Colin
Davis has recorded widely for Philips and
BMG and has a continuing programme with
them. Recent recordings for BMG are Fidelio
and several live concerts from Munich,
including Mahler's Symphony No 8 with the
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. BMG
released Lohengrin with the
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and
Choir, and Sibelius' Symphonies Nos 2 and
6 with the London Symphony Orchestra in
the autumn of 1995. Philips recorded
Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream
with the London Symphony Orchestra and
released the complete Beethoven
Symphonies with the Dresden Staatskapelle
in December 1995.
Sir Colin
Davis has been awarded international
honours by Italy, France, Germany and
Finland. He has also received many awards
in Britain, the most recent being the
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal in
1995. Sir Colin Davis was made a
Commander of the British Empire in 1965
and received a knighthood in 1980.
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