Daniel Raiskin

“Daniel Raiskin is clearly a musician of sensibility, well versed in his craft; a further example perhaps of one last great gift of the old Soviet Union, the rigour and distinction of its conducting schools” (by David Gutman, 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 baton as a result of an encounter with the distinguished teacher Lev Savich. In addition, he also took classes with Maestri such as Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Milan Horvat, Woldemar Nelson und Jorma Panula.


Daniel Raiskin is the Designated Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Janáček
Philharmonic Orchestra in Ostrava, Principal Conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in Bratislava, Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the 2025/26 season tours will take him with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra to Spain and Japan and with the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra to the UK, Amsterdam and Salzburg. His regular guest appearances include the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre National de Lyon, Residentie Orkest, Sinfonia Varsovia, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Raiskin was Chief Conductor of the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra in Lódz, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie in Koblenz and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in Bratislava, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife.