Sian Edwards

Sian Edwards studied at the RNCM and with Professor A.I. Musin at the Leningrad Conservatoire. She has worked with many of the world’s leading orchestras including Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Berlin Symphony, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, MDR Leipzig, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Royal Flanders Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, the Hallé, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. She has a close relationship with Ensemble Modern in Germany.

She made her operatic debut in 1986 conducting Weill's Mahagonny for Scottish Opera and her ROH debut in 1988 with Tippett's The Knot Garden. From 1993 to 1995 she was Music Director of ENO. She conducted the world premiere of Mark Anthony Turnage’s Greek at the Munich Biennale in 1988.

Sian Edwards' recordings include Peter and the Wolf, Britten's Young Person's Guide, and Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, all with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Judith Weir's Blond Eckbert with English National Opera.