Paul Daniel was Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia from 2012 to 2022 and Music Director of the Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine from 2013 to 2021. He has held several permanent positions: at the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in Perth (2009-2013), English National Opera (1997-2005), Opera North (1990-1997), English Northern Philharmonia (1990-1997) and Opera Factory (1987-1990). Operatic guest engagements have included invitations from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; the Opéra de Paris; La Monnaie in Brussels; the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich; the Semperoper Dresden; and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Paul Daniel’s orchestral engagements have included performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (with whom he recorded Mendelssohn’s Elijah for Decca), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

His many recordings include a hugely successful album of Elgar’s Symphony No. 3 on Naxos and his discography with the Orchestra National de Bordeaux Aquitaine includes recordings of Wagner, Mahler and Tchaikovsky. His performance of Alban Berg’s Lulu for La Monnaie with Barbara Hannigan has been released as an award-winning DVD.

In 1998 he received an Olivier Award for outstanding achievement in opera and was awarded the CBE in the 2000 New Year Honours list.

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