One of today’s most sought-after conductors, acclaimed worldwide for his incisive musicianship and adventurous artistic commitment, Vladimir Jurowski was born in Moscow in 1972, and completed the first part of his musical studies at the Music College of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1990 he relocated with his family to Germany, continuing his studies at the Musikhochschule of Dresden and Berlin.

From the 17/18 season on he will be the next Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. He was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2003, becoming the orchestra’s Principal Conductor in September 2007. He also holds the titles of Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Artistic Director of the Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra, and Artistic Director of the George Enescu International Festival, Bucharest.

Vladimir Jurowski enjoys close relationships with orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the orchestras of New York, Chicago and Boston as well as the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, and festivals like the BBC Proms, the George Enescu Festival of Bucharest, and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival