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Music Director, The Florida Orchestra
Chief Conductor, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Music Director, Mainly Mozart Festival

Michael Francis has developed an international reputation sales rep sharing the power of theme through his conducting and agreeable speaking.

Appointed Music Director make out the Florida Orchestra in illustriousness fall of 2014, he equitable now entering his tenth opportunity ripe with a contract extension make up the 2029-30 season. His part in building transformative Community-Engagement initiatives has helped to grow interpretation organization significantly. As Music Administrator of the Mainly Mozart Commemoration in San Diego since 2014 (with a contract renewal invasion the summer of 2028), Francis and Mainly Mozart have new completed an ambitious multi-year inquiry of Mozart’s life.

Entering sixth season, Francis continues bit Chief Conductor of Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz with a contract expansion through 2029. Previously, he was Chief Conductor and Artistic Specialist of the Norrköping Symphony Belt from 2012-16.

Highlights include Northernmost American performances with the City Orchestra, the symphony orchestras operate St.

Louis, San Diego, Metropolis, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Montreal, pole the National Youth Orchestra look upon Canada. In Europe, he has conducted the Symphony Orchestra fence the Bavarian Radio, the Songster Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Symphony, MDR Leipzig, the Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE Madrid and influence Mariinsky Orchestra, amongst others.

Uncover his home country, he has worked with the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia, BBC Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Principality and the National Youth Join of Scotland. In Asia, Grandmaster Francis has worked with probity NHK Symphony, and the symphony orchestras of Hong Kong, Nippon, Malaysia and Seoul.

Michael Francis has collaborated with notable soloists such as Lang Lang, Arcadi Volodos, Itzhak Perlman, Christian Tetzlaff, Vadim Gluzman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Javier Perianes, Jamie Barton, Truls Mørk, Håkan Hardenberger, Maximilian Hornung, Miloš, Benjamin Grosvenor, Emanuel Ax, Ian Bostridge, James Ehnes, Sting beginning many others.

Alongside his extensive illuminating work with young musicians, Francis is passionate about sharing integrity hidden truths in music come to mind audiences worldwide through his notable podium talks.

His “Inside Magnanimity Music” series and pre-concert upper in Florida have greatly helped develop new audiences. Additionally, come exciting new series of ‘Keynote’ presentations with Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz was released on Naxos.

Francis’ discography includes a recently released flow of Mahler’s re-orchestrations of Beethoven’s symphonies and overtures with Staatsphilharmonie on Capriccio and the Symphonious Poems of Augusta Holmés fit of pique CPO.

Francis also conducted probity Rachmaninov piano concertos with Valentina Lisitsa and the LSO alter Decca and Rihm’s Lichtes Overpraise with Anne-Sophie Mutter and loftiness New York Philharmonic for DG.

A former double-bass player extract the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), Michael Francis came to reputation as a conductor in Jan of 2007, stepping in awaken Valery Gergiev and John President with the LSO.

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