David Robertson

David Robertson—conductor, artist, composer, thinker, American musical visionary—occupies the most prominent podiums of orchestras, opera companies, and new music. He is a champion of contemporary composers and an ingenious programmer. Robertson has served in numerous leadership positions, including chief conductor and artistic director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, a transformative thirteen-year tenure as music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and other positions with Orchestre National de Lyon, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and, as protégé of Pierre Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain. In the 2026-27 season, Robertson conducts on four continents, celebrates Steve Reich at ninety with the New York Philharmonic, returns to the Czech Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and others. Robertson is The Juilliard School’s director of conducting studies and serves on the Tianjin Juilliard Advisory Council. David Robertson appears with the world’s great orchestras, such as those of Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Vienna, Berlin, and Amsterdam, and with major festivals around the world. Since his 1996 Metropolitan Opera debut, Robertson has conducted a breathtaking range of Met projects, including the 2019 production premiere of Porgy and Bess, whose recording won a Grammy.  Robertson is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France.