Alexander Briger

Australian conductor Alexander Briger studied in Sydney and Munich and won first prize at the International Competition for Conductors in the Czech Republic in 1993. He later worked closely with Sir Charles Mackerras and Pierre Boulez and made his debut with Opera Australia in 1998 conducting Jenufa. Operatic work has since included 'Madama Butterfly', 'Cosi fan tutte','Cunning Little Vixen' and 'Le Nozze di Figaro' (Opera Australia), 'The Rape of Lucretia' (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), 'Die Zauberfloete' (Glyndebourne Festival), 'Rigoletto' and 'Makropulos Case' (English National Opera), 'Cunning Little Vixen' (Aix-en-Provence), 'Bartered Bride' (Royal Swedish Opera), 'La Boheme' (State Opera of South Australia), Bartok ballets (Opera du Rhin) as well as the premiere of Simon Holt's 'Who put Bella in the Wych’elm' for the Aldeburgh Festival. He has performed regularly with the Philharmonia, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, opening their 2003 'Friday Series' in London and touring with them to China in 2003/4; and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with whom he made his BBC Proms and Berlin Festival debuts.