指揮／約翰‧尼爾森
Conductor: John Nelson 

約翰‧尼爾森享譽國際，是美國最知名的指揮家之一。他曾就讀於紐約的茱莉亞音樂學院，並榮獲歐文‧柏林指揮獎；尼爾森目前於哥斯大黎加國家管弦樂團擔任首席客座指揮。

尼爾森的指揮佳績遍布美加兩國各大管弦樂團；在歐洲各地，包括倫敦所有主要的管弦樂團、薩克森德勒斯登國立樂團、萊比錫布商大廈樂團、巴黎管弦樂團等等也都曾與他合作。在亞洲，他曾指揮過的樂團包括新日本愛樂交響樂團、新加坡交響樂團、馬來西亞愛樂樂團、香港愛樂樂團、中國愛樂交響樂團，以及上海、廣州及杭州管弦樂團。他的豐富曲目更帶他站上世界各大頂尖歌劇院的舞台，包括大都會歌劇院、巴黎巴士底歌劇院、荷蘭歌劇院與羅馬歌劇院。

尼爾森於2018年備受讚譽的錄音作品為白遼士的《特洛伊人》，獲《留聲機》雜誌冠以「年度最佳歌劇錄音」殊榮，亦由《週日泰晤士報》提名為「十年來最佳錄音專輯」。而首次錄製白遼士作品獲得的傑出成就，使尼爾森緊接著在2019年演出並錄製《浮士德的詛咒》。為此，他與知名次女高音喬伊斯‧狄杜娜朵的未來合作也已規劃於2020年演出並錄製《羅蜜歐與茱麗葉》，2021年為《基督福音》，2023年則是《卡門》（均由華納唱片發行）。   

John Nelson is recognised on the international scene as one of America’s most eminent conductors. He studied at the Juilliard School in New York, where he received the Irving Berlin Conducting Prize. He is presently the Principal Guest Conductor of the National Orchestra of Costa Rica.

In the course of his career he has conducted virtually all the major orchestras in the United States and Canada, and also in Europe, where he has conducted all the major London orchestras, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Orchestre de Paris, amongst others. In Asia he has conducted the New Japan Philharmonic, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Malaysian Philharmonic, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the China Philharmonic and the orchestras of Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hangzhou.  His large repertoire has led him to the world’s great opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Bastille in Paris, the Dutch National Opera and the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

His 2018 critically-acclaimed recording of Berlioz’s Les Troyens was crowned by the Gramophone Magazine ‘Opera Recording of the Year’, and has also just been nominated by the Sunday Times as ‘Recording of the Decade’. The outstanding success of this first Berlioz project immediately led to concerts and recordings of The Damnation of Faust in 2019. To this end, future projects with Joyce DiDonato already include a recording and concert of Romeo and Juliet in 2020, L’Enfance du Christ in 2021 and Carmen in 2023 (all with Warners).

John Nelson is recognised on the international scene as one of America’s most eminent conductors. He studied at the Juilliard School in New York, where he received the Irving Berlin Conducting Prize. He is presently the Principal Guest Conductor of the National Orchestra of Costa Rica.

In the course of his career he has conducted virtually all the major orchestras in the United States and Canada, and also in Europe, where he has conducted all the major London orchestras, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Orchestre de Paris, amongst others. In Asia he has conducted the New Japan Philharmonic, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Malaysian Philharmonic, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the China Philharmonic and the orchestras of Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hangzhou.  His large repertoire has led him to the world’s great opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Bastille in Paris, the Dutch National Opera and the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

His 2018 critically-acclaimed recording of Berlioz’s Les Troyens was crowned by the Gramophone Magazine ‘Opera Recording of the Year’, and has also just been nominated by the Sunday Times as ‘Recording of the Decade’. The outstanding success of this first Berlioz project immediately led to concerts and recordings of The Damnation of Faust in 2019. To this end, future projects with Joyce DiDonato already include a recording and concert of Romeo and Juliet in 2020, L’Enfance du Christ in 2021 and Carmen in 2023 (all with Warners).