Edward Gardner

Conductor Edward Gardner has specialized by turns in choral music, opera, and orchestral music over his long career. In 2005, Gardner became the music director of the English National Opera, remaining there until 2015. In 2007, Gardner made his recording debut with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, backing soprano Kate Royal on her self-titled album. Gardner became the principal conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015. In 2019, Gardner began a new series of Schubert symphonies with the City of Birmingham Symphony; the second volume in the series appeared in 2020. He has issued various albums of Scandinavian repertory with the Bergen Philharmonic, including, in 2024, a recording of Grieg's Symphonic Dances.