CONDUCTING

Luke Dollman began his musical life as a violinist, performing professionally with orchestras on both modern and baroque violin. After deciding to focus on conducting, he furthered his studies at the renowned Sibelius Academy in Helsinki gaining a Masters of Music, as well as studying at the Aspen Music Festival. Luke was also a participant in the inaugural Allianz Conductors Academy in 2004, studying with Kurt Masur and working with the London Philharmonic in the process. A recipient of the Bernard Haitink Scholarship, Luke held the position of Assistant Conductor at the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic from 2001 until 2003, performing regularly around Holland.

In 2005 Luke Dollman made his UK debut with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and has since returned to them many times for concerts and recordings. Further debuts around Europe quickly followed leading to work with orchestras such as the Monte Carlo Philharmonic, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Oulu Symphony, Lausanne Sinfonietta, Pori Sinfonietta, Het Brabants Orkets, Holland Symfonia, Belgian National Orchestra, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Malaysian Philharmonic, Helsingborg Symphony, Gävle Symphony, Odense Symphony, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, Christchurch Symphony, Dunedin Sinfonia and all of Australia’s professional orchestras.

Having earlier worked as an assistant at the Netherlands Opera, in 2004 Luke Dollman made his opera debut at Opera Australia (Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro) and was immediately reinvited to return to conduct Die Zauberflöte. In 2005 he made his Finnish National Opera debut with Puccini’s Manon Lescaut to great acclaim and has since returned regularly to conduct works such as La Rondine, Rigoletto, The Taming of the Shrew and most recently the world premiere of Lera Auerbach’s Cinderella. 2011 saw Luke make his debut with the State Opera of South Australia conducting Bizet’s Pearlfishers. In recent years he has returned to conduct The Magic Flute,  Don Pasquale and Dido and Aeneas for the company. In 2018 Luke released his first CD on the Decca label, with soprano Greta Bradman and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

Luke has guest conducted regularly at leading schools such as the Guildhall School of Music, Royal Conservatorium of The Hague, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Luke is also a recognised authority in the field of conductor training, and has taught at the Sibelius Academy, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, University of Adelaide, and for the masterclasses of Symphony Services International and is currently Associate Professor and Deputy Director at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide.