One of today’s most sought-after conductors, acclaimed worldwide for his incisive musicianship and adventurous artistic commitment, Vladimir Jurowski was born in Moscow in 1972, and studied at the Music College of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1990 he relocated with his family to Germany, continuing his studies at the Dresden and Berlin Musikhochschulen, studying conducting with Rolf Reuter and vocal coaching with Semion Skigin. In 1995 he made his international debut at the Wexford Festival, conducting Rimsky-Korsakov’s May night, and the same year saw his debut at the Royal Opera House with Nabucco.

Jurowski is the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, taking up the position of General Music Director of the Bayerische Staatsoper in 2021. In 2017 he celebrated ten years as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic. He holds the titles of Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Artistic Director of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, and Artistic Director of the George Enescu Festival.

Jurowski enjoys close relationships with the world’s most distinguished artistic institutions, collaborating with many of the leading orchestras, including the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, New York Philharmonic, and Boston Symphony. He is a regular guest at the BBC Proms, Musikfest Berlin, and the Dresden, Lucerne, Schleswig-Holstein, and International Mstislav Rostropovich festivals.

Recent operatic highlights include conducting Die Frau ohne Schatten (Metropolitan Opera), Wozzeck (Salzburg Festival), Prokofiev’s The fiery angel (Bayerische Staatsoper), and the premiere of Brett Dean’s Hamlet (Glyndebourne). He has conducted at the Welsh National Opera, Opéra national de Paris, La Scala, Bolshoi Theatre, and the Semperoper Dresden.

Jurowski’s discography with the London Philharmonic Orchestra includes the complete symphonies of Brahms and Tchaikovsky, and works ranging from Haydn and Beethoven, through Mahler and Rachmaninov to Turnage and Silvestrov. He has recorded Schnittke’s third symphony with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Russian music with the Russian National Orchestra, and works by Mendelssohn and Mahler with the OAE. His tenure as Music Director at Glyndebourne has been documented in numerous CD and DVD releases, including award-winning productions of Tristan und Isolde, Ariadne auf Naxos, and La Cenerentola, among others.