Stewart Robertson Conductor In addition to serving as Music Director of Florida Grand Opera, Robertson currently serves as Music Director and Principal Conductor of Glimmerglass Opera. A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Robertson's notable former engagements include numerous World Premieres including: Orpheus Descending for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Midnight Angel for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis and Glimmerglass, Dreamkeepers for Utah Opera, Peace for the Scottish Opera, and Operatic Trilogy, Central Park for Glimmerglass Opera (which was televised on PBS’ Great Performances). In Europe, Mr. Robertson has conducted in Cologne and Zurich and with many international orchestras including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, Vienna Tonkunstler Orchestra, Swiss-Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Scottish National and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestras, and the Orchestra of Maastricht. Mr. Robertson is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Bristol University. He studied piano in London with Dennis Mathews, and conducting with Otmar Suitner at the Salzburg Mozarteum and Professor Hans Swarowsky at the Vienna Academy, where he graduated with highest distinction. Mr. Robertson first attracted international attention as a second prize winner in the 1977 Austrian Radio Conductors’ Competition at the Salzburg Music Festival. He became the youngest conductor to lead a performance at the Cologne Opera since the debut of Herbert von Karajan. At age twenty-six, he moved to Switzerland as Music Director of the Zurich Ballet. Two years later, he was appointed Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Scottish Opera Touring Company. Mr. Robertson’s recording with the Utah Symphony of the symphonic works of David Carlson has been released on New World Records and he has conducted New York City Opera productions nationally televised on Live from Lincoln Center. In addition to being an active pianist, Mr. Robertson is a broadcast writer and lecturer on music who has been seen and heard on National Public Radio, Public Broadcasting System, BBC, and Swiss-Italian radio and television.