Jerzy Semkow has gained an international reputation through his appearances with the world's leading orchestras and opera companies. His conducting posts have included tenures as Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony, as Principal Conductor of the Royal Danish Opera and the Royal Danish Orchestra in Copenhagen, as Music Advisor and Principal Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic, as Music Director of the Orchestra of Radio-Televisione Italiana (RAI) in Rome, and as Artistic Director of the National Opera in Warsaw ... read full bio
Jerzy Semkow has gained an international reputation through his appearances with the world's leading orchestras and opera companies. His conducting posts have included tenures as Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony, as Principal Conductor of the Royal Danish Opera and the Royal Danish Orchestra in Copenhagen, as Music Advisor and Principal Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic, as Music Director of the Orchestra of Radio-Televisione Italiana (RAI) in Rome, and as Artistic Director of the National Opera in Warsaw.
Maestro Semkow has conducted many of the most renowned orchestras in Europe and America. In recent seasons he has appeared with the Detroit Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony and the Rochester Philharmonic, all of which he conducts regularly; the Toronto Symphony, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Utah Symphony and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also conducted the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, the Orchestre National de France and the Orchestre National de Lyon.
As an operatic conductor, Maestro Semkow's engagements have included productions at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, the Grand Theatre of Geneva, the Maggio Musicale in Florence, La Fenice in Venice, the Teatro del Opera of Rome and the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
A prolific and award-winning recording artist, Maestro Semkow's extensive discography includes the first complete original version of Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" for EMI (a recording honored with several international awards), as well as major works of Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Mozart, among many others.
Born in Poland, Jerzy Semkow is a citizen of France and resides in Paris.
