After studying piano, composition, and conducting, Martin Yates made his conducting debut at the Israeli Opera, where he led productions of La Traviata, La Bohème, Tosca, and Madame Butterfly over two seasons. He subsequently appeared at the operas in Gothenburg, Stockholm, and Rome, and made his Edinburgh Festival debut conducting Bernstein’s On the Town. He has worked as a guest conductor with numerous British orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Hallé Orchestra.In Scandinavia, he has collaborated with orchestras such as the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, with which he conducted the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s A Prayer Out of Stillness. Ballet has become an important part of his musical career. Since February 2004, he has regularly conducted for the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, and he has also toured with the company across the United States, Asia, and Europe.Martin Yates also works regularly with the Norwegian National Ballet, the National Ballet of Japan, the Paris Opera Ballet, the Vienna State Ballet, and the Semperoper Ballet in Dresden. He has recorded over 80 albums of symphonic repertoire with orchestras including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Gothenburg Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic.

Martin YatesConductor