Gil Rose is recognized as one of a new generation of American conductors shaping the future of classical music. His orchestral and operatic performances and recordings have been recognized by critics and audiences alike. In 1996, Gil Rose founded the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the country's foremost professional orchestra dedicated exclusively to performing and recording music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Under his leadership, BMOP's unique programming and high performance standards have attracted critical acclaim and earned the orchestra eight ASCAP awards for adventurous programming as well as the John S. Edwards Award for Strongest Commitment to New American Music. In 2007 Mr. Rose was awarded Columbia University's prestigious Ditson Award as well as an ASCAP Concert Music award for his exemplary commitment to new American Music. Since 2003 Mr. Rose has also served as Music Director of Opera Boston, an innovative opera company in residence at the historic Cutler Majestic Theatre.
As a guest conductor, Mr. Rose made his Tanglewood debut in 2002 conducting Lukas Foss' opera Griffelkin, a work he recorded for Chandos and released in 2003 to rave reviews. In 2003 he debuted with the Netherlands Radio Symphony conducting three world premieres as part of the Holland Festival. He has led the American Composers Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and the National Orchestra of Porto as well as several appearances with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players.
In June 2003, BMOP and Opera Boston together launched the much-celebrated Opera Unlimited, a ten-day contemporary opera festival featuring five operas and three world premieres. Mr. Rose led the world premiere of Elena Ruehr's Toussaint Before the Spirits, the New England premiere of Thomas Ades' Powder Her Face, as well as the revival of John Harbison's A Full Moon in March with "skilled and committed direction" according to The Boston Globe. In 2006 Opera Unlimited presented the North American premiere of Peter Eötvös' Angels in America to critical acclaim.
Also recognized for interpreting standard operatic repertoire from Mozart to Bernstein, Mr. Rose's production of Verdi's Luisa Miller was hailed as an important operatic event. The Boston Globe recognized it as "the best Verdi production presented in Boston in the last 15 years." The Boston Phoenix has described Mr. Rose as "a Mozart conductor of energy and refinement." Mr. Rose's recording of Samuel Barber's Vanessa for Naxos has been hailed as an important achievement by the international press. He was chosen as the "Best Conductor of 2003" by Opera Online. He made his Chautauqua Opera debut in 2005 with a production of Lucia de Lammemoor and in the 2007-08 season he led the Boston premier of Osvaldo Golijov’s opera Ainadamar with Dawn Upshawas well as a revival of Verdi’s Ernani. In the 2008-09 season he will lead new productions of Weber’s Die Freischutz , Shostakovich’s The Nose and Smentana’s The Bartered Bride.
Gil Rose's extensive discography includes world premiere recordings of music by Eric Chasalow, Lukas Foss, Charles Fussell, Michael Gandolfi, John Harbison, Lee Hyla, Tod Machover, Steven Mackey, Steven Paulus, Bernard Rands, George Rochberg, Elena Ruehr, Gunther Schuller, Reza Vali and Evan Ziporyn. Upcoming releases include works by composers Louis Andriessen, Derek Bermel, John Cage, Robert Erikson David Lang and David Rakowski. His world premiere recording of the complete orchestral music of Arthur Berger was chosen by The New York Times as one of the "Best CD's of 2003."
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