Robert Dick Email & Phone Number

Celebrated Scottish Conductor, Robert Dick began his musical career at an early age. In 1993 he was invited to conduct the Royal Scottish National Orchestra by its then Director, Walter Weller, which followed with studies at the Royal College of Music as a violinist, violist and pianist. Graduating with an honours degree and the Associateship Diploma of the RCM in Violin Performance, he also holds diplomas from the Vienna International Mastercourse Series and the International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum, Salzburg. Competition successes include second prize in the British Reserve Insurance Conducting Competition and the Lovro von Matacic International Conducting Competition in Zagreb, Croatia. Robert continues his professional development under the guidance of Maestro Joerg Bierhance in ViennaCurrently the chief conductor of the Dundee Symphony Orchestra, the Waverley Consort and the Chorus & Orchestra of the Canongait, Robert is also a regular guest conductor of many ensembles including The Abbey Consort, the Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Brecknock Sinfonia. His international conducting has taken him to orchestras in Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Mexico, Spain and the USA. Robert’s repertoire encompasses several hundred choral, orchestral and operatic scores, ranging from the early-baroque through to the present day, and, he is proud to have conducted successful cycles of the symphonies of Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms and Tchaikovsky.Robert is currently engaged in a long term project to conduct the complete symphonies of Haydn and Mozart with the Waverley Consort. He has developed a particular interest in the music of Hummel and his operatic credits include productions of Julius Caesar, Carmen, Tosca, Die Fledermaus, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Fidelio and Dido & Aeneas.Robert gave what is believed to be the Scottish premiere of Schubert’s Overture Claudine von Villa Bella and Elgar’s Ballet The Sanguine Fan, as well as BBC Radio 3 Broadcasts with both the Dundee Symphony and Scottish Romance Orchestra. Further highlights include conducting UK premieres of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony in its 2012 SPCM performing version of the work, including a realisation of its unfinished Finale; Maxwell Davies’s A Reel of Spindrift - Sky, and, Hans Gal’s opera, Das Lied der Nacht.Distinguished soloists who have performed under Robert's direction include Nicola Benedetti, Steven Isserlis, Anna-Liise Bezrodny, Fali Pavri, Medeleine Mitchell and Murray McLachlan.