Domingo Hindoyan

Chief Conductor

‘If Hindoyan can come up with more premieres and rarities from South America and the Caribbean, he will expand musical consciousness in northwest England no end.’ – The Times, 4* Review of the Ode to Joy concert, October 2021

‘These were focused, intelligent performances and in the Debussy, in particular, Hindoyan moved with economy and command, applying gauzy washes of atmosphere and brilliant dabs of colour.’ – The Spectator, review of French Classics concert, January 2022

Domingo Hindoyan is the Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and is one of today’s most exciting conductors.

During his first season in Liverpool, Hindoyan opened his tenure with a critically acclaimed conducting debut at the BBC Proms, after which he embarked upon various recording projects, the first of which was released in September 2022. He also collaborated with Liverpool’s well established ‘In Harmony’ educational programme and continued to demonstrate his commitment to new music with various world premieres and commissions during his second season. Hindoyan has released three albums with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. The first exploring Roberto Sierra’s music over the last 25 years and was released in April 2023. In October 2023, Hindoyan released ‘Verismo’ which explores preludes and intermezzos from Italian operas. His most recent album is of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony, released February 2024.

Now in his fourth season as Chief Conductor with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo's concert highlights will include Mahler’s First and Third, and the next instalment of his exploration of Bruckner’s symphonies, this time taking on the Ninth. In addition, season 24/25 sees Domingo make his debut at Los Angeles Opera with a production of Romeo and Juliet and a return to the Vienna Staatsoper with a production of Traviata and Paris Opera with Rigoletto.

Highlights of season 23/24 included an acclaimed tour of Japan with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, in the USA concerts with the Boston Symphony, LA Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and in Europe with the Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra.

On the opera stage in recent seasons, he has led various productions with The Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Opera National de Bordeaux, Chicago Lyric Opera, Liceu Opera Barcelona, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Real Madrid, Opera du Rhin, Royal Swedish Opera, Opera Dijon, Royal Opera House Muscat, and Dresden Semperoper.

Hindoyan continues to enjoy a vibrant career leading acclaimed ensembles and orchestras around the world including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, New World Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra National du Capitole de Toulouse and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. He has also conducted concerts and operas at many renowned festivals, such as the Menuhin Festival Gstaad and as a regular guest at the Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier.

Domingo Hindoyan was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He began his career as a violinist and member of the renowned Venezuelan musical education program El Sistema, and then was a member of Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. He later went on to study conducting in Europe at the Haute École de Musique de Genève with Professor Laurent Gay and was the first assistant to Daniel Barenboim at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin between 2013 and 2016.

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Vasily Petrenko

Conductor Laureate

‘a riveting way to finish a well thought through and magnificently executed concert’ – The Telegraph, 5* review of Petrenko’s Sibelius FourVasily Petrenko was appointed Principal Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2006 and three years later became Chief Conductor.

In September 2021, Petrenko assumed the role of Conductor Laureate.

Petrenko is also Music Director of London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chief Conductor of the European Union Youth Orchestra and Artistic Director Designate of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia.

He was born in 1976 and started his music education at the St Petersburg Capella Boys Music School – the oldest music school in Russia. He then studied at the St Petersburg Conservatoire and has also participated in masterclasses with such major figures as Ilya Musin, Mariss Jansons, and Yuri Temirkanov.

In September 2017, Vasily Petrenko was honoured with the ‘Artist of the Year’ award at the prestigious annual Gramophone Awards, one decade on from receiving their ‘Young Artist of the Year’ award in October 2007. In 2010 and 2012 he won ‘Male Artist of the Year’ at the Classic Brit Awards. 

In 2016, he was made a ‘Citizen of Honour of the City of Liverpool’. He is only the second person to have been awarded Honorary Doctorates by both the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Hope University, and he also received an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University – honours which recognise the immense impact he has had on the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the city’s cultural life. Petrenko has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of York.

Petrenko has recorded extensively with the Orchestra to worldwide critical acclaim, including award-winning interpretations of Shostakovich and Rachmaninov’s symphonies. His recording of Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 5 won ‘Recording of the Year’ and ‘Orchestral Recording of the Year’ at the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2017. 

Vasily Petrenko

Andrew Manze

Principal Guest Conductor
….the greatest living interpreter of Vaughan Williams’ music. The performances of the Fifth and Sixth symphonies last week in Liverpool were awesome.’ – The Telegraph 2017

Appointed in June 2018 as Principal Guest Conductor, Andrew Manze is celebrated as one of the most stimulating and inspirational conductors of his generation. Prior to his appointment, he had appeared with the Orchestra many times.

After reading Classics at Cambridge University, Manze studied the violin and rapidly became a leading specialist in the world of historical performance practice. He became Associate Director of the Academy of Ancient Music in 1996. Later posts have included Artistic Director of the English Concert, Associate Guest Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra.~

Manze also teaches, edits and writes about music, as well as broadcasting regularly on radio and television.