Rossen Gergov
Rossen Gergov
Conductor
“Rossen Gergov conducts meticulously”
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Rossen Gergov is internationally recognised for his work both on the symphony orchestra platform and on the opera stage. A conductor with equal enthusiasm for both traditional and contemporary opera productions, he has an impressive command of the opera canon from Mozart to newly commissioned works. He is a regular guest conductor in Sofia with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and also the Sofia Opera and Ballet, and previously held the position of Chief Conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra until 2017.
The forthcoming season 2023-24 will see Rossen conduct the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. He will return to Bulgaria to conduct various orchestra projects and the national opera, and to adjudicate at the Cantus Firmus Competition in Sofia. In March 2024 he will return to the Teatro Comunale, Bolzano to conduct the world premiere of Dorian Gray, a new opera by Matteo Franceschini, based on the Oscar Wilde novel.
Amongst Rossen’s conducting highlights from the recent season 2022-23 were performances of the new production of Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer with Sofia Opera, the production with which he made his debut. He also conducted the Sofia Philharmonic with trumpet soloist Peter Makedonski, the Pleven Philharmonic in a concerto concert where his three sons were the soloists, and made returns to Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and Pomeranian Philharmonic Bydgoszcz.
Other highlights include his debut with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with soloist Tasmin Little, a ballet production of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring with the Sofia Ballet, and returns to Tokyo New City Orchestra, ORF RSO Symphony Orchestra Vienna, Odense Symphony Orchestra, the Paderewski State Philharmonic Orchestra, Poland, and to Teatro Comunale Bolzano, where he conducted semi-staged concert performances of the contemporary opera Alice by Matteo Franceschini.
He has a close relationship with Japanese orchestras, having conducted the Tokyo New City Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic, Kyoto Symphony, Hiroshima Symphony and Sapporo Symphony. Across Western and Eastern Europe, he has appeared with …