Lee Reynolds is a British-born conductor with a reputation for bringing intensity and exceptional detail to his performances. He is the Associate Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
Current and recent highlights include his house début conducting Kurt Weill Street Scene at the Opéra de Monte Carlo, broadcast concerts and recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra, Ravel L’Enfant et les Sortilèges with VOPERA and the London Philharmonic Orchestra shortlisted for this year’s South Bank Sky Arts Award, his Russian debut with the New Russian State Symphony Orchestra in Moscow performances with the NYO and a recording of British Horn Concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Ben Goldscheider.
Other previous highlights include four world premieres at Glyndebourne, performances with the Southbank Sinfonia, the Dublin Concert Orchestra, the Beethoven Academy Orchestra in Kraków, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and conducting a new production of Eugene Onegin with Nederlandse Reisopera.
At Glyndebourne, Lee has conducted four world premières in studio productions, on the mainstage and on the Glyndebourne Tour. With the LSO, Lee has conducted performances at the Barbican, the Berlin Philharmonie and LSO St Luke’s. His 2015 recording of Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 with Adolfo Barabino has been lauded in the international press. He also recorded Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 with Adolfo Barabino, and Theodora, a new work by American composer Joshua Ralph, with Joshua Bell.
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"...so natural and so convincing that I do not think I have ever heard a technically better recording of a concerto for piano and orchestra. Credit must naturally be extended to the conductor, Lee Reynolds. Make no mistake, this is an outstanding recording in every way."
Musical Opinion
"La direction musicale du jeune chef anglais, Lee Reynolds, tout en élégance enjouée et percutante, donne de sa personnalité, sinon de sa personne, en fosse. Il parvient, progressivement, à enlever la patine classico-romantique de la phalange monégasque, aux impeccables soli de cuivres, aux cordes envoûteuses. Elle se montre, habitude de répertoire oblige, plus à l’aise dans la couleur dramatique que dans le crépitement sensuel de la danse (le jitterbug de Mae et Dick). Les silences pesants que le chef imprime à la dynamique du drame nourrissent progressivement le contraste, entre le comique explosif de l’hymne à l’Ice Cream et le tragique concentré de l’hymne à l’amour (et à la mort)."
Olyrix
"The production's musical values (of L'Enfant et les sortilèges) are impeccable. Lee Reynolds conducts his own chamber orchestration for 27 London Philharmonic players with tremendous clarity and fizz."
The Times
"Musically it's first rate. Reynolds' downscaled orchestration (of L'Enfant et les sortilèges) preserves the clarity and glitter to the score, and the LPO delivers it superbly."
The Guardian
