Matthias Bamert is a conductor who defies categorisation. He has been described in the international press as urbane, elegant, stylish, dynamic, sensitive, incisive, full-blooded, impassioned, ebullient, enthusiastic, sensational.
"In the age of the specialist, Bamert can turn his hand to anything and do it well" (Financial Times).
Bamert is Associate Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with whom he conducts subscription concerts at the Royal Festival Hall in London as well as tours in the UK and abroad; these have recently included concerts in Madrid, in France and at the Lucerne Festival and the contemporary music festival in Basel, the 2001 Europäischer Musikmonat, of which Bamert was Intendant.
Principal Guest Conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra and Director of the Glasgow contemporary music festival Musica Nova from 1985-90, Bamert became known for his innovative programming and has conducted the world premieres of