Daniel Raiskin
“Daniel Raiskin is clearly a musician of sensibility, well versed in his craft; a further example perhaps of one last great gift of the old Soviet Union, the rigour and distinction of its conducting schools”
– David Gutman, Gramophone
With his unmistakable artistic signature, Daniel Raiskin has become one of the most recognized conductors of his generation and had developed a broad repertoire beyond the mainstream in his strikingly conceived programmes. A son of a prominent musicologist, Daniel Raiskin grew up in St. Petersburg. He attended the celebrated conservatory in his native city and continued his studies in Amsterdam and Freiburg. First focusing on viola, he was inspired to take up the baton as a result of an encounter with the distinguished teacher Lev Savich. In addition, he also took classes with Maestri such as Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Milan Horvat, Woldemar Nelson und Jorma Panula.
Daniel Raiskin is the Designated Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra in Ostrava, Principal Conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in Bratislava, Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra.
Debuts in the 2024/25 season will take him to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Vancouver Symphony. His regular guest appearances include the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre National de Lyon, Residentie Orkest, Sinfonia Varsovia, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Raiskin was Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie in Koblenz (2005-2016), of the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra in Lódz (2008-2015), and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (season 2017/18).
His appearances in opera productions include Carmen, Shostakovich’s The Nose and Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Festival appearances include Music in the Mountains in Colorado in 2025 andperformances with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra at the InClassica Dubai International Music Festival in 2021 and 2022. Furthermore, he conducted the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra on a tour in Japan and South Korea in 2023.
Daniel Raiskin is also relentlessly committed to sharing his knowledge and passion with young musicians around the world. He devotes his time regularly to working with youth orchestras in a.o. Canada, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands and South Africa.
Among the major soloists with whom he has appeared are Emanuel Ax, Rudolf Buchbinder, Cameron Crozman, Xavier de Maistre, Renée Fleming, Nelson Freire, Martin Fröst, Alban Gerhardt, Vadim Gluzman, Natalia Gutman, Daniel Hope, Kari Kriikku, Simone Lamsma, Lang Lang, Dejan Lazić, Francois Leleux, Jan Lisiecki, Alexei Lubimov, Tatjana Masurenko, Albrecht Mayer, Daniel Müller-Schott, Olli Mustonen, Julian Rachlin, Benjamin Schmid, Julian Steckel, Anna Vinnitskaya, Lukáš Vondráček and Alexei Volodin.
His extensive discography includes recordings of Mahler Symphony No. 3 and Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 (AVI), both to great critical acclaim, a Louis Glass Symphony cycle and a concerto cycle with the entire concertos and rhapsodies by Aram Khachaturian (CPO), Lutosławski’s vocal-instrumental works (Dux) and a recording of Alexander Tansman’s Isaie le Prophète and Psaumes (World Premiere Recordings). His recording with cello concertos by Korngold, Bloch and Goldschmidt with Julian Steckel (AVI) label received an Echo Klassik Award in 2012.
