Charles Dutoit

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-10-07 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Charles Dutoit

Biography

Charles Édouard Dutoit (born 7 October 1936) is a Swiss conductor. He is currently the principal guest conductor for the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia and co-director of the MISA Festival in Shanghai. In 2017, he became the 103rd recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Award. Dutoit held previous positions with the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Tokyo NHK Symphony and the Orchestre National de France. As of 2017, conductor emeritus of the Verbier Music Festival Orchestra. He is an honorary member of the Ravel Foundation in France and the Stravinsky Fou...

Production

1988

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

as Music Director

1981

Deep Water

as Conductor

1990

Paganini

as Conductor

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