Following eight years as Music Director, Ludovic Morlot is now Conductor Emeritus of the Seattle Symphony. His tenure in Seattle formed a hugely significant period in the musical journey of the orchestra. Ludovic’s innovative programming encompassed not only his choice of repertoire, but theatrical productions and performances outside the traditional concert hall space. There were numerous collaborations with musicians from different genres, commissions and world premieres. Some of these projects, including John Luther Adams’ Become Ocean, Aaron Jay Kernis’ Violin Concerto performed by James Ehnes and an exploration of Dutilleux’s music, have earned the orchestra ﬁve Grammy Awards, as well as the distinction of being named Gramophone’s 2018 Orchestra of the Year. Under Ludovic’s baton, 19 recordings have been released under the Seattle Symphony Media label which was launched in 2014.

This season Ludovic will make his subscription debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra and return to the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Orchestra of St Luke’s. Other engagements include the Vienna Symphony, BBC, Seoul and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Ludovic has a strong commitment to working with young musicians and will this season conduct student orchestras at Yale University and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, as well as returning to the Aspen Festival with whom he has a regular association. In 2019 he led the National Youth Orchestra of China on their European Tour, having conducted their inaugural concerts in New York and China two years earlier.

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