Edward Gardner

About Edward Gardner

Edward Gardner was Chief Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic from 2015 to 2024, and led the orchestra on multiple international tours, including performances in Berlin, Munich and Amsterdam, and at the BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Festival. He was appointed Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2021, and Music Director of The Norwegian Opera and Ballet in 2024. As guest conductor, he has appeared with many orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Royal Opera House and The Philharmonia Orchestra.

Gardner was Music Director of English National Opera for ten years (2006–15); he has an ongoing relationship with New York's Metropolitan Opera, and has conducted at La Scala, Chicago Lyric Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Opéra National de Paris. Born in Gloucester in 1974, Edward was educated at Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music. His many accolades include being named Royal Philharmonic Society Award Conductor of the Year (2008), an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera (2009) and receiving an OBE for Services to Music in the Queen's Birthday Honours (2012).