Stéphane Denève is music director of the St. Louis Symphony, artistic director of the New World Symphony, and principal guest conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic. He previously served as principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, music director of the Brussels Philharmonic, chief conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony, and music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

In North America, he has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Boston Symphony. Recent European appearances include the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, BBC Proms, Orchestre National de France, and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, with whom he conducted the 2020 Nobel Prize Concert. In Asia and Oceania, Denève has appeared with the NHK Symphony, Sydney Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and Saito Kinen Orchestra, with whom he conducted Deutsche Grammophon’s 125th anniversary gala. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in April 2009.

A graduate and prize winner of the Paris Conservatory, Denève worked closely in his early career with Georg Solti, Georges Prêtre, and Seiji Ozawa. As an educator, he leads the New World Symphony and has also worked with students at the Colburn School, Tanglewood Music Center, European Union Youth Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, Curtis Institute of Music, and Music Academy of the West.

Denève’s discography includes award-winning recordings of Poulenc, Debussy, Ravel, Roussel, and Connesson. Recent releases feature works by Kevin Puts and John Williams with the St. Louis Symphony, and his complete Ravel recordings with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony were released by Hänssler Classic in 2022.

Olivier Latry was appointed a titular organist at Notre-Dame in Paris at age 23, and has been organist emeritus at Orchestre National de Montréal since 2012. He regularly appears at the Berlin Philharmonic, Philharmonie de Paris, Disney Hall, Concertgebouw, Elbphilharmonie, Leipzig Gewanhaus, Musikverein, Royal Albert Hall, and Suntory Hall, among other venues. He has appeared as a soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, NHK Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and Toronto Symphony. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in November 2010.

In 2023 Latry premiered Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra with the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Salonen. Other premieres have included Pascal Dusapin’s Waves, Kaija Saariaho’s Maan Varjot, and Michael Gandolfi’s Ascending Light. In 2019, he played the German premiere of Thierry Escaich’s Third Organ Concerto with the Dresden Philharmonic and Stéphane Denève.

Latry’s strong attachment to French organ repertoire led him to record Messiaen’s complete works for organ for Deutsche Grammophon, which he also performed in recitals in Paris, London, and New York. Among several other recordings, Latry also recorded Saint- Saëns’s Symphony No. 3 with the Philadelphia Orchestra for Ondine Records. His latest album is Liszt: Inspirations, recorded on the organ of Philharmonie de Paris.

Latry has taught at the Paris Conservatory and is a recipient of numerous international distinctions and awards. He was named International Performer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists in April 2009 and has received an honorary doctor of music degree from McGill University.