| Biography | David Coleman conducts worldwide on the concert platform and in the theatre. He has appeared with nearly all the major British orchestras and around the world with leading Opera House and concert orchestras. He has conducted an extensive repertoire, ranging from the great symphonies to many new twentieth century works. In addition, he has directed a large number of Opera Galas as well as appearing at international music festivals. In France and Great Britain he works with famous choral societies and also actively promotes new music for which he has won several prestigious awards for innovative programming and performances.
Beginning his career as a repetiteur and conductor at the London Opera Centre, he was invited to join London Festival Ballet (English National Ballet), later becoming the companys Principal Guest Conductor. He is a renowned exponent of Rudolf Nureyevs productions. For many years he was Musical Director of Nureyevs company, Rudolf Nureyev and Friends. He premiered several of Nureyevs major choreographies, conducted most of the London Nureyev Festivals and recorded the music for several Nureyev films. He was for many years conductor with the Paris Opera Ballet in the major Paris seasons and on principal tours. He guests with many dance companies around the world, which have included Staatsoper Berlin, Staatsoper Vienna, Leipzig Opera, Royal Ballet Birmingham, the Opera National de Bordeaux and Rome Opera with whom he performed the entire Ballets Russes season in the Spring of 2009. He is currently with the Semperoper in Dresden, Opera du Capitole in Toulouse and La Scala Milan. |