Dinis Sousa appointed Principal Conductor of the Royal Northern Symphony
The appointment is a reflection of optimism in the UK that the worst of the covid-19 pandemic will be over, and also of Sage Gateshead‘s ambition in the north-east of England, where the British Government is directing a lot of investment towards local economy.
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]inis Sousa, 32, was recruited to boost musical activity in this community, working alongside RNS musicians to reach new audiences in schools, over the Internet, throughout the region, and in Sage Gateshead’s concert halls.
In 2018 Dinis Sousa had been appointed assistant conductor of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras, where he collaborated closely with the British conductor John Eliot Gardiner.
Within the scope of the work with the period orchestra Solistas Baroque Ingleses and the Orchester Révolutionnaire et Romantique, and with Gardiner, its founder, Dinis Sousa directed, among others, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic, and performed at BBC Proms, in front of the Choir Monteverdi, to offer the choral symphony “Rómeo et Juliette” by Berlioz.
