David Giménez Carreras

[4] Giménez Carreras began his musical training at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona.

He made his professional debut as a conductor in 1994 in a concert given by José Carreras and has gone on to conduct concerts featuring many prominent opera singers including Montserrat Caballé, Agnes Baltsa, Plácido Domingo, Dennis O'Neill, Bryn Terfel, Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna.

His debut at London's Royal Opera House came on 27 December 1999 when he conducted a concert by Alagna and Gheorghiu.

[8] Further afield, he made his local debut in Israel in 2003, conducting Simon Boccanegra at the Israeli National Opera.

[10] Giménez Carreras made his North American debut in 1994, conducting the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.