Benjamin Bayl

He has performed extensively across Australasia and Europe, working with all the major Australian orchestras, Auckland Philharmonia, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic and Taipei Symphony Orchestras, as well as Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, and Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano. He has conducted many German orchestras including Aachen, Bochum and Bremen, as well as several Scandinavian orchestras in Aalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Gävle, Odense, Stavanger and Umeå. His international festival appearances include Edinburgh International, Savonlinna Opera Festival, Melbourne, Cartagena, Euro Klassik Berlin, Ruhrtrienniale, “Chopin in his Europe” Festival, Mozart Festival Warsaw and Händel Festival Halle.

A regular at major opera houses world-wide he has conducted productions for Staatsoper Berlin, Royal Danish Opera, Opera Australia, Dutch National Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper Hannover, Den Norske Opera Oslo, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Opera Vlaanderen, Budapest State Opera, Polish National Opera and Opéra de Oviedo, in repertoire that takes in the major works of Mozart, Handel, Gluck and Purcell, and also features productions of Rameau, Lully, Cimarosa, Vivaldi, Charpentier and Bernstein. He is a frequent guest at Staatsoper Stuttgart, Theater an der Wien and Warsaw Chamber Opera, leading several Mozart titles, Lully Armide, Rameau Castor et Pollux and Pygmalion.

Equally at ease in a wide range of repertoire, Bayl brings particular insight to the Viennese classics, historically-informed baroque and romantic works, and world premieres of new commissions. A specialist in period performance, he has directed ensembles such as Collegium Vocale Gent, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Concerto Köln, B’Rock, Concerto Copenhagen, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra and the Australian Haydn Ensemble.

He was Associate Director of The Hanover Band for many seasons, where he led numerous projects including the recording of a Beethoven Symphony cycle, and the ensemble’s first tour to China.

Committed to education and mentorship, he has led projects with young artists at the Australian National Academy of Music, Netherlands Youth Orchestra and Slovak Youth Orchestra.