Mihhail Gerts

Conductor

Biography

Hailed by critics as ‘a name to remember’ thanks to his ‘astonishing precision, highly expressive gestures and warmth’, the prominent Estonian conductor Mihhail Gerts has made a name for himself following recent successful debuts with the Orchestre Nazionale delĺ Accademia di Santa Cecilia, BBC Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, with the acclaimed baritone Matthias Goerne as soloist. He is also the artistic director of the TubIN Festival, initiated to promote the outstanding symphonic music of the Estonian composer Eduard Tubin.

Gerts looks forward to returning to many of these orchestras in the 2022/23 season, and to making highly anticipated Australian debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in addition to European debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic, RTV Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and Staatskapelle Dresden. He will also return to the National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin and to the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.

Mihhail Gerts Makes His Australian Debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Mar 7, 2023

This week, Mihhail Gerts makes his Australian debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducting four concerts at the Sydney Opera House from 08-11 March. The programme opens with the world premiere of a new work by Australian composer Miriama Young, followed by...

Conductor Mihhail Gerts Makes Staatskapelle Dresden Debut On 22 December

Dec 19, 2022

Mihhail Gerts will make his much anticipated debut conducting Staatskapelle Dresden on 22 December, 2022 at the Semperoper. The programme features Debussy’s Petite Suite (arranged by Henri Büser); Gianstera’s Harp Concerto, with soloist Johanna Schellenberger; and...

Conductor Mihhail Gerts Jumps in to Make Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Debut 29 and 30 September

Sep 28, 2022

Mihhail Gerts will make his debut conducting the Gewnadhausorchester Leipzig on 29 and 30 September. The Estonian conductor, hailed as “a name to remember” (ResMusica) for his “astonishing precision, highly expressive gestures and warmth” (RPonline), jumps in last...

Reviews

“Immediately Mihhail Gerts delves into the music. His ability to push his ensemble forward, towards a sound density, and a magmatic strength is extraordinary. Behind his expressive and graceful gestures, under his baton, he holds his ensemble with supple authority.

To summarise, next to the classical music stars who jump from festival to concert until exhaustion, often leaving the audience hungry, Mihhail Gerts provides a happy relief. A name to remember, an artist to follow absolutely.”

Jacques Schmitt

ResMusica

„…with astonishing precision, highly expressive gestures and warmth, his conducting was captivating from the first to the last note. Gerts rose completely above the technical challenges of conducting which he solved without easing up on the tension for one second“

RPonline.de

More Reviews

“Gerts […] held the reins of the orchestra very well, revealing himself an attentive connoisseur of the pieces performed, clean in gesture, incisive as an interpreter.

Fabio Larvoere, Corriere della Sera Dec 12th 2019

From the first bars, the biting attack of the double bass conveys the total adherence of the musicians of the orchestra to the ample, flexible, graceful and precise gestures of Mihhail Gerts who gives us an interpretation of rare eloquence

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A total symbiosis for a great moment of music delivered by Mihhail Gerts, ovationated by the public and the musicians, a masterly ratification! A young conductor to follow…

Patrice Imbaud, ResMusica November 19th 2019

“Mihhail Gerts and the orchestra were truly magical … I was in awe watching Mihhail Gerts’ conducting.”

Ben Lunn, DELFI Kultüra Nov 27th 2018

“His energy and clarity impressed, contact with the orchestra was also noticeably good.”

Klaus Günther, Solinger Tageblatt

“In terms of belcanto, Gerts led the Philharmonic in the pit with precision and delicacy.”

IOCO Jan 25th 2017

“The applause applied essentially to the conductor Mihhail Gerts, who conveyed the music of Donizetti sensitively, without neglecting the drama.”

Christopf Zimmermann, theater:pur Jan 21st 2017

“Gerts knows how to conduct a big opera, has a flair for tempi and worked with the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra in a very precise way.”

OMM, Stefan Schmöe May 9th 2017