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In 2019/20, Gernon makes debuts with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Netherlands Philharmonic, Hallé, Adelaide Symphony and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, amongst others. He returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Royal Swedish Opera, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse for his third visit in consecutive seasons, as well as several performances in London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Equally at home in the opera house, Gernon made his debut in 18/19 at English National Opera conducting Simon McBurney’s production of The Magic Flute and returned to Royal Swedish Opera for a new production of Madama Butterfly following his debut the previous season with The Magic Flute. Previous operative productions have included Barber of Seville with Glyndebourne Touring Opera and The Marriage of Figaro at Stuttgart Opera.
Recent highlights have included many significant debuts across the globe with orchestras such as the Vienna Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, DSO Berlin, Munich Chamber, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Swedish Chamber orchestras, as well as regular engagements with most of the UK’s orchestras, including the Philharmonia and City of Birmingham Symphony orchestras, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the BBC Proms on the occasion of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s 80th Birthday. He has recently made two recordings, with the Czech Philharmonic for Signum Records and with the BBC Scottish Symphony for Hyperion.
Ben Gernon studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Sian Edwards, with whom he still works closely, and with Sir Colin Davis, who was a profoundly influential figure in Gernon’s musical development.
2019-20 season / 371 words. Not to be altered without permission.