Daniel Raiskin
Conductor

With his unmistakable artistic signature, Daniel Raiskin has become one of the most recognised conductors of his generation, and has developed a broad repertoire beyond the mainstream in his strikingly conceived programmes. A son of a prominent musicologist, he grew up in St Petersburg and attended the celebrated conservatory in his native city, before continuing his studies in Amsterdam and Freiburg. Initially focusing on the 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 Nelsson and Jorma Panula.

Raiskin is the Designated Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra in Ostrava, Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, and Permanent Guest Conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava.

The 2025/2026 season sees Raiskin touring Spain and Japan with the Slovak Philharmonic, as well as the UK, Amsterdam and Salzburg with the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra. His regular guest appearances include Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Taiwan Philharmonic (NSO), Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre National de Lyon, Residentie Orkest, Sinfonia Varsovia, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Warsaw Philharmonic. He was previously Chief Conductor of the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra in Lódz, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie in Koblenz and Slovak Philharmonic, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife.

Raiskin’s appearances in opera productions include Carmen, Don Giovanni and Shostakovich’s The Nose. His festival appearances include Music in the Mountains 2025 in Colorado and the InClassica Dubai International Music Festival 2021 and 2022 with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra. He also toured Japan and Korea with the orchestra in 2023.

Raiskin is 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 Canada, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, the 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, François 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.

Raiskin’s extensive discography includes recordings of Mahler Symphony No 3 and Shostakovich Symphony No 4 with the label AVI, both to great critical acclaim; a Louis Glass symphony cycle and a cycle of the entire concertos and rhapsodies of Aram Khachaturian, both with the label CPO; Lutosławski’s vocal-instrumental works with the label Dux; and a recording of Alexandre Tansman’s Isaïe le Prophète and Psaumes with the label World Premiere Recordings. His recording of cello concertos by Korngold, Bloch and Goldschmidt with Julian Steckel on AVI received an ECHO Klassik Award in 2012.