“Daniel Raiskin is clearly a musician of sensibility, well versed in his craft…” (Gramophone).
With his unmistakable artistic signature, Daniel Raiskin has become one of the most recognized conductors of his generation and had developed a broad repertoire beyond the mainstream in his strikingly conceived programmes. A son of a prominent musicologist, Daniel Raiskin grew up in St. Petersburg. He attended the celebrated conservatory in his native city and continued his studies in Amsterdam and Freiburg. First focusing on viola, he was inspired to take up the batton by an encounter with the distinguished teacher L. Savich. In addition, he also took classes with Maestri such as M. Jansons, N. Järvi, M. Horvat, W. Nelson and J. Panula.
From the 2020/2021 season Daniel Raiskin is the Chief Conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in Bratislava. He is Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra since August 2018 and Principal Guest Conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra from season 2017/18. From season 2026/2027 Daniel Raiskin will assume the position of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra and will serve until then as orchestra’s designated Chief Conductor. Raiskin was Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie (2005 – 2016) and of the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra (2008 – 2015), and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (season 2017/18).
Daniel Raiskin is also relentlessly committed to sharing his knowledge and passion with young musicians around the world. He devotes his time regularly to working with young conductors and with youth orchestras in a. o. Canada, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Poland and South Africa. Among the major soloists with whom he has appeared are E. Ax, R. Buchbinder, C. Crozman, X. de Maistre, R. Fleming, N. Freire, M. Fröst, A. Gerhardt, V. Gluzman, N. Gutman, D. Hope, K. Kriikku, S. Lamsma, L. Lang, D. Lazić, F. Leleux, J. Lisiecki, A. Lubimov, T. Masurenko, A. Mayer, D. Müller-Schott, O. Mustonen, J. Rachlin, B. Schmid, J. Steckel, A. Vinnitskaya, L. Vondráček and A. Volodin.
Recent recordings include Mahler Symphony No. 3 and Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 for the label AVI, both to great critical acclaim. His recording of cello concertos by Korngold, Bloch and Goldschmidt with Julian Steckel for the label AVI received an Echo Klassik Award in 2012. Other recent recording projects include a Louis Glass Complete Symphonic cycle and Aram Khachaturian Complete Concertos and Rhapsodies cycle, both with the label CPO, Lutosławski’s vocal-instrumental works with the label Dux and a recording of Alexander Tansman’s Isaie le Prophète and Psaumes for the label World Premiere Recordings. With the Slovak Philharmonic he has started recording in June 2024 the full cycle of Franz Schmidt Symphonies also for CPO.