"Lewis Gaston conducted the entire opera with a sure sense for detail, theatrical pacing and the idiom of middle-period Verdi" - Opera Magazine
Current Work
Lewis Gaston (www.lewisgaston.co) works as a conductor in the UK and abroad. His work has been recognised in international competitions, masterclasses and he enjoys a schedule of work that combines performance and research. As well as conducting across the UK he has worked with the Brasov Philarmonic (Romania), Toscana Classica Orchestra (Italy), Berlin Sinfonietta (Germany), Camerata di Fiorentina (Italy) and the State Opera Rousse (Bulgaria). Lewis is currently Music Director/Assistant Music Director to a number of orchestras and opera companies within the UK.
Lewis specialises in Opera conducting with a repertoire of nearly 60 operas and is conducting productions of Manon Lescaut, Un Giorno di Regno, Hansel und Gretel and Lucia di Lammermoor this year, as well as Weill's Seven Deadly Sins and Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti at Opera Holland Park in August.
As a lecturer and conductor for Opera Prelude, Lewis has given the UK premiere of Mercadante's opera Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamaccio and lectured on a wide variety of opera subjects such as the portrayal of monarchs in Verdi's operas, the operas of Bizet, and a rare focus on the German operas being produced at the same time as the Italian 'Verismo' movement. He has most recently been working on a number of lecture performances based around the soprano Nancy Storace and architect Sir John Soane.
Lewis specialises in Opera conducting with a repertoire of nearly 60 operas and is conducting productions of Manon Lescaut, Un Giorno di Regno, Hansel und Gretel and Lucia di Lammermoor this year, as well as Weill's Seven Deadly Sins and Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti at Opera Holland Park in August.
As a lecturer and conductor for Opera Prelude, Lewis has given the UK premiere of Mercadante's opera Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamaccio and lectured on a wide variety of opera subjects such as the portrayal of monarchs in Verdi's operas, the operas of Bizet, and a rare focus on the German operas being produced at the same time as the Italian 'Verismo' movement. He has most recently been working on a number of lecture performances based around the soprano Nancy Storace and architect Sir John Soane.
"Infusing that operatic greatest hit with fresh brio is Lewis Gaston, whose conducting consistently marries musical insight with theatrical flair. He knows how to lift a Verdian phrase." - The Stage
Lewis Gaston began as a Music Scholar, multi-instrumentalist and Chorister at Brentwood School and Cathedral, going on to read music at Royal Holloway University of London. As well as conducting at Royal Holloway he studied conducting in the UK and abroad with notable conductors including Lev Parikian (UK), George Hurst (UK), Roberto Paternostro (Austria), Giuseppe Lanzetta (Italy), Yoav Talmi (Israel) and the opera conductor Dejan Savić (Serbia).