MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE BARCELONA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CONDUCTOR EMERITUS OF THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND ASSOCIATE ARTIST OF THE BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Ludovic Morlot’s is Music Director of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. He was Music Director of Seattle Symphony from 2011-2019, where he earned the orchestra five Grammy Awards, and now conducts several weeks every season as Conductor Emeritus. He was Associate Artist of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra 2019-2024. He was Artistic Director and a founding member of the National Youth Orchestra of China 2017-2021 and Chief Conductor of La Monnaie from 2012-2014.

In 24/25 Morlot takes the Barcelona Symphony to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Aix Easter Festival and to l’Auditorium in his home city of Lyon, on the back of their successes together last season at the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie and Stockholm Royal Concert Hall.  They continue their acclaimed Ravel CD cycle and champion the best of the Catalan composers on the orchestra’s own label, and repeat their hugely popular concert on the Beach (20,000 live attendance, 30,000 online).  Guest highlights include a return to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boulez celebrations at Manchester Bridgewater Hall with the BBC Philharmonic, and two opera productions – Pelleas et Melisande at Dallas Opera and Part 2 of Les Troyens at Seattle Opera, where in the past 3 seasons he has had great success with Rheingold, Die Walküre and Samson et Dalila.

Morlot has guested with the Berliner Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Czech Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, London Philharmonic, and Budapest Festival orchestras, and with many leading North American orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago, and Philadelphia Symphony Orchestras. He also appears extensively in Asia and Australasia, notably with the Seoul Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras. Festival appearances include the BBC Proms, Wien Modern, Edinburgh, Aspen, and Grant Park festivals.