David Robertson (born 19 July 1958) is an American conductor. He is currently the music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.Robertson was born and raised in Malibu, California, and grew up in a music-loving family. His father was a research scientist at Hughes Laboratory and his mother studied literature, but later had a career as a caterer. In grade school, he played French horn and violin, and first conducted at age 12.
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In February 2005, Robertson was named the Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) and assumed that post later in the year, in parallel with the beginning of his St. Louis tenure. His Principal Guest Conductor ship with the BBC Symphony Orchestra has since been extended through 2011.
On 12 September 2009, Roberson became the second American conductor and the first standing BBC SO principal guest conductor to conduct the Last Night of the Proms.
In addition to the New York Philharmonic, Robertson continues to be a regular guest conductor with other major American orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the San Francisco Symphony. In particular, Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times lauded Robertson's concerts with the New York Philharmonic. He served as Festival Director for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's January 2008 Concrete Frequency Festival, as well as Music Director of the 2008 Ojai Music Festival in Ojai, California.
As well as his work in contemporary and symphonic music, Robertson is also much admired and sought-after as a conductor of opera, opening the Rossini Festival in the composer's hometown of Pesaro, Italy in the summer of 1994. In 1996, he conducted a production of Janáček's Věc Makropulos at the Metropolitan Opera (Met) which featured Jessye Norman. Robertson made his next conducting appearance at the Met in April-May 2008 with performances of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail.
Robertson has recorded for the Sony Classical, Harmonia mundi, Naive, EMI/Virgin Classics, Atlantic/Erato, Nuema, Ades Valois, Naxos and Nonesuch labels, featuring the music of such composers as Adams, Bartók, Boulez, Carter, Dusapin, Dvorák, Ginastera, Lalo, Manoury, Milhaud, Reich, Saint-Saëns, and Silvestrov.
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