Duncan Ward has been Chief Conductor of the Philzuid since 2021. Highlights of recent seasons have included his conducting engagements at the opening ceremony of the Salzburg Festival with the Mozarteum Orchestra which was broadcast live on television, his debut with the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. In autumn 2022, this British conductor gave his Metropolitan Opera debut with Mozart’s ›Die Zauberflöte‹. The season before, he gave his debut at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg with a new production of ›Così fan tutte‹. Duncan Ward will return to the London Symphony Orchestra for two projects in the 2023/24 season. Other symphonic highlights include collaborations with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and the Kammerakademie Potsdam.
Duncan Ward has a passion for a very broad repertoire and as well as working with period instrument specialists such as the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, he also enjoys working with contemporary music ensembles such as the Ensemble Intercontemporain. Duncan Ward has been closely associated with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen for many years. For example, he conducted the orchestra at the Schleswig-Holstein and the Swiss Klosters Festivals in summer 2021. Ward has also been involved in many international social projects since his youth, including in India and South Africa.