Laurence
Cummings Musical direction

Laurence Cummings is one of the most versatile exponents of historical performance practice in the UK, both as a conductor and as a harpsichordist. He was an organ student at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with honors. He is currently music director of the Academy of Ancient Music, music director of the London Handel Festival, and music director of the Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música in Porto. His career has taken him throughout Europe, conducting productions at such houses as the Zurich Opera ('Belshazzar', 'King Arthur'), Theater an der Wien ('Saul'), Gothenburg Opera ('Orfeo ed Euridice', 'Giulio Cesare', 'Alcina' and 'Idomeneo'), Théâtre du Châtelet ('Saul') and Opera de Lyon ('Messiah'). For nine years he was artistic director of the Göttingen International Handel Festival. He is also regularly invited to conduct both period and modern orchestras, including the Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The English Concert, Handel and Haydn Society Boston, Croatian Baroque Orchestra, La Scintilla Zurich, Juilliard 415, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Musikcollegium Winterthur, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Washington National Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony or Royal Scottish National Orchestra. At Theater Basel he conducts 'L'incoronazione di Poppea' in the season 23/24.