| Biography | Oliver Gooch is rapidly establishing a reputation as a conductor of considerable versatility in a wide range of symphonic and operatic repertoire. He has enjoyed collaborations with many of the UKs orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Hallé, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sinfonia ViVA, Northern Sinfonia, Red Note Ensemble (Scotlands première contemporary music ensemble), and as a guest conductor for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a graduate of the Royal Opera Houses prestigious Young Artist programme, in post created for him by Antonio Pappano. Since then since collaborated with opera companies, North America, Europe and Australia. He made his USA debut in 2008 with the New York première of Conrad Susas Dangerous Liaisons for Dicapo Opera, and was immediately re-engaged to conduct the US première of Janaceks arka. He made his Italian debut in 2010 with Don Giovanni for AsLico, followed by Die Zauberflöte at Cremona, Brescia, Pavia and Como in 2011. His Australian debut followed in 2013 with the Royal Opera House in Tasmania, as part of the inaugural Hobart Baroque Festival. In the UK, he came to attention as the Founder Artistic Director of Opera East Productions, most recently being nominated for a South Bank Award for the world première of O'Regan's Heart of Darkness at the Royal Opera Houses Linbury Theatre. For Raymond Gubbay, Oliver is Musical Director of Madama Butterfly and La bohème in the Royal Albert Hall; for the Buxton Festival Riders to the Sea, Savitri and The Wandering Scholar; and for Iford Arts, he has been Musical Director of Iford Festival Opera since 2005.
Oliver Gooch received his training at Cambridge University, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio. He studied conducting at the Tanglewood Festival under Robert Spano and Seiji Ozawa, and was subsequently nominated for the prestigious Rolex/Mentor Protégé Arts Initiative in Geneva, under Sir Colin Davis. In 2006 he was awarded a prestigious Clore Fellowship, a programme designed to nurture new generation of cultural leaders. In 2007, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Forthcoming projects for the 2014/15 include his debuts with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Tasmania Symphony Orchestra, Messiah (Royal Festival Hall), Faurés Requiem (Bach Choir), La Rondine (Iford Festival), and Madama Butterfly (Raymond Gubbay). |