Bolton Principal Conductor of the Basel Symphony Orchestra
Ivor Bolton is to become Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Basel Symphony Orchestra. He will conduct the orchestra as chief conductor designate in the coming season. The contract initially runs until the end of the 2019/2020 season.
Bolton became chief conductor of the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg in 2004, which he will leave at the end of the coming season after 14 years of successful collaboration. From September 2015, he will take up the position of Music Director at the Teatro Real in Madrid. He is also regularly invited to festivals such as the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the BBC Proms and the Festival d' Aix-en-Provence.
Polish conductor Michał Nesterowicz - who won the Cadaqués Orchestra's European Conducting Competition in 2008 - is to become the orchestra's 1st guest conductor. According to the orchestra's announcement, he will devote more time to the Eastern European repertoire and modern music in Basel.
