Edmund Whitehead
British-Russian Conductor and Pianist
"All praise to conductor Edmund Whitehead" The Telegraph ★★★★
"Whitehead conducts with great care and attention to detail" The Guardian ★★★★
Biography
Edmund Whitehead is a British-Russian conductor and pianist active at leading European opera houses.At 24, he was appointed Jette Parker Opera Conductor and Repetiteur at the Royal Opera House, where he worked closely with Sir Antonio Pappano and conducted new productions of Henze’s Phaedra, Orfeo ed Euridice, and HK Grüber’s Frankenstein!!. He subsequently joined Welsh National Opera, conducting Death in Venice, Gianni Schicchi, Blaze of Glory, Play Opera LIVE, and appearing regularly in concert with the WNO Orchestra. Since 2025, he has been a full-time assistant conductor and repetiteur at the Royal Danish Opera, where he made his debut conducting Idomeneo.He has also conducted at the Polish National Opera, British Youth Opera, the Orchestra of the National Opera of Lorraine, the Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, the State Symphony Capella of Russia, Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia, Kammerphilharmonie Graz, Moscow Camerata, and has worked as assistant conductor with the English National Opera and London Philharmonic Orchestras.Alongside his conducting, he is active as a pianist, appearing at venues including Wigmore Hall and working regularly in recital and rehearsal with leading singers.He has frequently coached at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, and on the Jette Parker Artist Programme of the Royal Opera House, and was a guest lecturer on leadership at CODE University of Applied Sciences.He trained at the University of Oxford, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the National Opera Studio, and the Opera Academy of the Polish National Opera.
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