William Eddins is music director emeritus of the Edmonton Symphony and former principal guest conductor of Ireland’s RTÉ National Symphony. He is a frequent guest conductor of major orchestras throughout the world. Engagements have included the symphony orchestras of New York, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Detroit, Dallas, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Houston, Los Angeles, and Buffalo; the Berlin Staatskapelle; the Berlin Radio, Royal Scottish National, and Lisbon Metropolitan orchestras; Welsh National Opera; Lyon Opera; the Bergen and Natal philharmonics; the Adelaide, Barcelona, and RAI National symphonies; and at the Edinburgh, Ravinia, Aspen Music, and Chautauqua festivals and the Hollywood Bowl. He made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 2002.

Mr. Eddins is an accomplished pianist and chamber musician. He regularly conducts from the piano in works by Mozart, Beethoven, Gershwin, and Ravel. He has released a recording on his own label that includes Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” Sonata and William Albright’s The Nightmare Fantasy Rag. A native of Buffalo, New York, Mr. Eddins attended the Eastman School of Music, graduating at age 18. He also studied conducting with Daniel Lewis at the University of Southern California and was a founding member of the New World Symphony in Miami, Florida.