# Robert Trevino, Conductor

> Robert Trevino, Conductor – 8 recordings on Ondine. Mexican-American conductor Robert Treviño has rapidly emerged as one of the most exciting maestros of the…

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- **Role:** Conductor

## Biography

Mexican-American conductor Robert Treviño has rapidly emerged as one of the most exciting maestros of the younger generation performing today. He serves as the Music Director of the Basque National Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI.

The 2024/25 season will see Robert Treviño make debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Tokyo, while there will be welcome returns to regular collaborators including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestra della Svizzeria Italiana, Osaka Philharmonic and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Other orchestras Robert Treviño has conducted include the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Münchner Philharmoniker, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Dresdner Philharmonie, SWR Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, NDR Hannover, Gürzenich Orchester Köln, MDR-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Bamberger Symphoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Filarmonica della Scala and Helsinki Philharmonic. He has also conducted a wide variety of orchestras in North America – among them the symphony orchestras of Cleveland, Baltimore, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Utah, Toronto and Detroit. Further afield he has conducted leading ensembles such as the São Paulo Symphony, NHK Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic, China Philharmonic, Russian National Orchestra and St Petersburg Philharmonic. He has led orchestras at many leading festivals, among them Mahler Festival Leipzig, Milan Mahler Festival, Enescu Festival, Puccini Festival and Interlochen Festival. Treviño’s opera work has included productions at Opernhaus Zurich, La Fenice and Washington National Opera.

His recording contract with Ondine has resulted in a widely-praised complete Beethoven symphonies cycle, two much-acclaimed Ravel albums, a Rautavaara album, Respighi’s Roman Trilogy, and “Americascapes” (‘Best Recording of 2021’ – Presto Music, Gramophone Award-shortlisted). Additionally, a cycle of Bruch symphonies with the Bamberger Symphoniker was released by CPO, to universally positive reviews. Between them, Robert Treviño’s recordings have garnered more than 15 accolades from respected reviews publications around the world.

Treviño burst into the international spotlight at the Bolshoi Theater in December 2013, leading a new production of Verdi’s Don Carlo at short notice. The Russian press wrote, “There has not been an American success of this magnitude in Moscow since Van Cliburn.” He was subsequently nominated for a Golden Mask award for “Best Conductor in a New Production”.

Robert Treviño has commissioned, premiered and worked closely with many leading composers, among them John Adams, Philip Glass, Sofia Gubaidulina, George Walker, Jennifer Higdon, Andre Previn, Augusta Read Thomas, Shulamit Ran, Ramon Lazkano and John Zorn.

## Discography on Ondine (8)

- [Ottorino Respighi: Sinfonia Drammatica](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1477-2.md): Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI · Robert Trevino (ODE 1477-2, 2026)
- [American Opus (Americascapes 2) · George Walker · George Crumb: Silvestre Revueltas](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1445-2.md): Basque National Orchestra · Robert Trevino (ODE 1445-2, 2024)
- [Ottorino Respighi: Roman Trilogy · Pines of Rome · Fountains of Rome · Festivals of Rome](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1425-2.md): Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI · Robert Trevino (ODE 1425-2, 2023)
- [Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales · Menuet antique · Frontispice (orch. Boulez) · Shéhérazade Ouverture · Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose), Ballet](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1416-2.md): Basque National Orchestra · Robert Trevino (ODE 1416-2, 2022)
- [Einojuhani Rautavaara: Lost Landscapes · (Works for violin and orchestra)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1405-2.md): Simone Lamsma, violin · Malmö Symphony Orchestra · Robert Trevino, conductor (ODE 1405-2, 2022)
- [Americascapes · Charles Martin Loeffler · Carl Ruggles · Howard Hanson: Henry Cowell](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1396-2.md): Delphine Dupuy, viola d'amore · Basque National Orchestra · Robert Trevino, conductor (ODE 1396-2, 2021)
- [Maurice Ravel: Bolero · La Valse · Rapsodie espagnole · Alborada del gracioso · Une barque sur l'océan · Pavane pour une infante défunte](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1385-2.md): Basque National Orchestra · Robert Trevino, conductor (ODE 1385-2, 2021)
- [Ludwig van Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1348-5q.md): Malmö Symphony Orchestra · Robert Trevino, conductor · Kate Royal, soprano · Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano · Tuomas Katajala, tenor · Derek Welton, bass · MSO Festival Chorus · Alexander Einarsson, chorus master (ODE 1348-5Q, 2020)