Dinis Sousa

⚠️ Meet the #MIMA26 | Conducting Masterclass mentors! 👀 DINIS SOUSA Dinis Sousa is Principal Conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia (RNS) and Founder and Artistic Director of Orquestra XXI. He is the winner of the Critics’ Circle Young Talent Award for 2023. In 2023, he won widespread praise for Berlioz’s Les Troyens at the Salzburg Festival, Berlin Musikfest and the BBC Proms. In the autumn of 2023, he also made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in two programs of Bach and Handel.  As a guest conductor, Sousa made debuts in 2023/4 with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Brahms’ German Requiem with Christian Gerhaher, Lenneke Ruiten and the Monteverdi Choir) and Swedish Radio Symphony. In the 2024/25 season he makes debuts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (Dublin), Royal Danish Opera Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec; and makes return visits Euskadiko (Basque National) Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra.  Dinis is Founder and Artistic Director of Orquestra XXI, an award-winning orchestra which brings together some of the best young Portuguese musicians from around Europe to perform in the most prestigious venues in Portugal. Apoios: @bancobpi / @fundlacaixa / @municipiodecoimbra / @vilagale #MIMA #BancoBPI #FundaçãoLaCaixa

Começou por ser apenas uma ideia numa conversa entre amigos. Hoje é a Orquestra XXI: composta por músicos portugueses espalhados pelo mundo, sempre com o coração em casa. ❤ / It started as just an idea in a conversation between friends. Today, it’s Orquestra XXI: made up of Portuguese musicians around the world, always with their hearts at home. ❤ 🎥 @franciscojfromao Apoios/Supported by: @bancobpi /@fundlacaixa , @dg.artes #OrquestraXXI #BancoBPI #FundaçãolaCaixa #CaixaFórum+

A little late to the party as usual, but I’m so honoured that @royal_northern_sinfonia has trusted me to stay until 2030 as Music Director. We are having such a wonderful time together and I can’t wait for these next 5 years ❤️ Our fun season ahead will bring some great artists and friends to @theglasshouseicm like Bryn Terfel, @louisealdersop @baevochka @houghhoughx2 , Imogen Cooper and many more. Join us sometime!

Not my average Saturday night… Had the best time making all sorts of noises and occasionally conducting masterpieces by Ligeti and Boulez. Thank you @royal_northern_sinfonia and friends for making this slightly mad journey so fun! 📸 @tynesightphoto @theglasshouseicm

⚠️ Unlikely post alert - my first ever football match at a stadium (yes I know I’m from Portugal how is it possible 🤷🏻‍♂️). What a match and what a stadium. Thank you @nufc for being the best hosts imaginable for mine and @vikingurolafsson first visit to St James’ Park. This really is a special place and it was such a memorable evening. Now to @theglasshouseicm for my first concert of 2025 with my dearest @royal_northern_sinfonia and Vikingur. Can’t wait 🤍

The first time doing anything is always a moment to remember, but not knowing The Messiah at all before (not sure how I managed that) and discovering it this year from scratch was mind-blowing. And working it all out in the last few days and performing it with my dear @royal_northern_sinfonia + chorus and this total dream quartet of soloists, was kind of overwhelming. I felt so lucky to be having a first go at this masterpiece in this company. Here’s a very blurry audience snippet of the final amen, surely the most epic ending of any piece - and most pregnant pause - ever? Happy to receive suggestions otherwise. Merry Christmas! 🎄 @forsythe_amanda @reginald_mobley_countertenor @garycrackling @johnchest @theglasshouseicm

Really happy to be back in the @barbicancentre , which was essentially my second home whilst studying at @guildhallschool , to conduct the wonderful @bbcsymphonyorchestra with dear @bertrandchamayouofficial To be presented with the Critics’ Circle Award at the concert made the whole thing feel even more surreal (and just a tiny bit 🫣) - thank you to everyone who came and to the BBCSO for a special few days. The broadcast is now available on BBC Sounds - here’s a clip with one of the most exhilarating ends to anything ever 🌊

Feel the passion as @bertrandchamayouofficial plays Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 🎹 Plus: Maurice Ravel Boléro 🥁 Claude Debussy La mer 🌊 Unsuk Chin Alaraph: Ritual of the Heartbeat 💫 @dinispsousa conducts Join us at @barbicancentre 🗓️Sat 12 Oct.

Orquestra XXI is always a special time. But as we remembered our dear Pedro Freire it highlighted just how much of a big family it is, and how deeply this connection runs between so many of us. There’s a reason why we call it “orquestra do coração” 🤍 @orquestraxxi 📸 @enricvivesrubio

Paris 🥺 What an unforgettable time. For ever grateful to the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, @monteverdi_choir_orchestras @lucycrowewalters @alice.coote Allan Clayton @willthomasbass for some of the most moving music-making I’ve ever been part of. And so lucky to have had so many friends around @shekukannehmason @isatakannehmason @enticottmusic @steff_morris 📸 Ondine Bertrand + nice audience member who sketched us at @philharmoniedeparis

Ce soir / tonight dernier concert #Beethoven avec @monteverdi_choir_orchestras @dinispsousa (C.D’Hérouville / Philharmonie de Paris)

We did it! 💪 So full of admiration for the incredible Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique who just found new reserves of energy each night as we climbed this Beethoven mountain together ❤️ And to have the Monteverdi Choir and such great soloists with us to start and end the journey was truly special. Now on to Paris - concerts from tonight through to Wednesday at @philharmoniedeparis