Thomas Søndergård

Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård is current Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Between 2012 and 2018, he served as Principal Conductor of BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBCNOW), after stepping down as Principal Conductor and Musical Advisor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.

He has appeared with many notable orchestras in Europe, such as Berliner Philharmoniker, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Bayerische Staatsoper; Akademiekonzert series, Bamberger Symphoniker, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

London Symphony, London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra and City of Birmingham, Orchestre National de France, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

He is also a familiar figure in Scandinavia, with such orchestras as Oslo Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony, Danish National Symphony, Royal Danish Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony and Helsinki Philharmonic.