Please scroll below to see some of Dominic Grier's most high-profile engagements during recent years. In addition he has given over 150 main stage performances at the Royal Opera House as a frequent guest conductor there, and numerous performances of full-length and shorter works for Birmingham Royal Ballet and Northern Ballet during his association with these companies since 2012. His performances have reached wider audiences as part of the Royal Opera House cinema and big screen broadcasts throughout the UK and internationally. Dominic has also conducted an extensive symphonic repertoire during this period, both as Music Director of the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra and as a guest conductor for other UK and European orchestras.
Performance Highlights 2008-2020
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
2017
31st December to 2016 January 12th 2017
14 performances of Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker' with The Royal Ballet (also in 2011 and 2012).
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
2018
January 20th to 28th 2018
6 performances of Lizst's monumental Faust Symphony in Belgium
Orkest van Opera Vlaanderen
2016
22nd October to 19th November 2016
Tour of 11 performances of a programme including Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherazade' in Belgium, including a studio recording on 3rd November 2016
Ballet Vlaanderen
2018
16th October to 8th November 2018
8 Performances of Akram Khan's seminal version of 'Giselle' in a co-production with English National Ballet
Slovene National Opera and Ballet Maribor
2016
26th November to 6th December 2016
7 Performances of Eugène Onegin in Maribor and Ljubliana, in a new production by Valentina Turcu
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
2015
24th January to 27th February 2015
15 Performances of John Cranko's 'Onegin' with The Royal Ballet (also 2013 with The Royal Ballet and 2014 with Ballet Vlaanderen)
Het Nationale Ballet
2015
27th October to 12th November 2015
10 Performances of 'Giselle' with Dutch National Ballet
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
2016
'An Evening of Music and Dance' Gala Concert at Symphony Hall Birmingham, with Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra
2019
70th Anniversary Gala Concert including Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and a new oratorio by James Olsen, based on Worthing's history
Opéra National de Lyon
2010
French première of Copland's opera 'The Tender Land'
Birmingham Royal Ballet
2017
16th to 23rd February 2017
9 Performances of Prokofiev's 'Cinderella' in the acclaimed version by David Bintley OBE
The Royal Opera
2013
24th February to 3rd March
Tour to Brazil with a gala programme representing The Royal Opera House, with singers from the ROH Young Artists Programme and principal dancers of The Royal Ballet
The Royal Opera
2008
14th to 17th October 2008
Performances of Walton's Façade in a double-bill programme with 'The Bear', at the ROH's Linbury Theatre
The Ossian Ensemble
2008
Performances of Schoenberg's 'Pierrot Lunaire' in the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet
2010
23rd March to 15th April 2010
Triple Bill programme including Sir Kenneth Macmillan's 'Concerto', recorded for DVD release on the Opus Arte label