Person

Robert Ziegler

Sound

Known for: Sound
From: USA

Robert Ziegler is an award-winning conductor who engages audiences around the world through his stimulating and imaginative performances. A former prizewinner in the Fitelberg Conductors’ Competition, and recipient of awards from the Royal Television Society, the British Phonographic Society, and the New York Radio Awards, he has recently recorded with Sony, Deutsche Grammophon and Universal with the Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and Slovakian State Philharmonic Orchestras among others. Based in the UK, his recent engagements include a debut with London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, and as a guest conductor with the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony, RTE Concert Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra. Collaborations with leading musical figures include Lang Lang’s The Disney Book, Max Richter’s Voices, Pete Townshend’s Classic Quadrophenia, Ludovico Einaudi’s Divenire, Randy Newman’s Live in London, David Gilmour’s - Rattle That Lock, and Stewart Copeland’s Orchestralli. Ziegler’s extensive work in film includes the creation of original soundtracks with composers such as Howard Shore, Alberto Iglesias, Jonny Greenwood, Max Richter, Shigeru Umebayashi, Michael Giacchino, and Alf Clausen for The Simpsons.