Internationally acclaimed conductor Bruno Weil pursues a career that is as rich and varied as the vast repertoire he conducts. From period-instrument performances of Baroque, Classic, and early Romantic works to the podiums of the great orchestras and opera festivals of the world, Weil has demonstrated a versatility that is rare among conductors. He has recently emerged, however, as a leading conductor of Viennese classical music, and his recordings of music by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert have frequently won multiple awards.

Following studies with Hans Swarowsky and Franco Ferrara, Weil went on to win several important international competitions before he became the youngest general music director in Germany when he was named to that post by the city of Augsburg in 1981. In 1988, he catapulted to international prominence when he replaced Herbert von Karajan at the Salzburg Festival, conducting Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 1994, Weil was named general music director of the City of Duisburg, Germany.

Currently the principal guest conductor of the Toronto-based Tafelmusik, he has appeared as guest conductor with the world's greatest orchestras, among them the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, l'Orchestre National de France, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and NHK Orchestra Tokyo. In January 2000 he made his very successful debut with the Salzburger Mozartwoche conducting a concert and a new production of Mozart's Magic Flute.

Since his success at the Salzburg Festival, Weil has been active in the world of opera, conducting at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hamburg State Opera, the Semper Opera Dresden, the Teatro communale di Bologna, and - primarily - at the Vienna State Opera. In 1992 he made his debut with the Glyndebourne Festival in England. He is currently music director of the Carmel Bach Festival and artistic director of the period-instrument festival "Klang und Raum" in Irsee, Bavaria.

Weil's recording of the "Paris" Symphonies by Haydn won the MIDEM Cannes Classical award in 1996 (in the category for seventeenth and eighteenth century orchestral music). Bruno Weil and Tafelmusik have also been awarded the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis as Orchestra of the Year in 1996 for their recording of Haydn's Missa Sancti Bernardi (Heiligmesse). In 1997 Bruno Weil won the Echo Klassik Award as Conductor of the Year.

Recently released on the label is a new period-instruments recording of the Mozart Requiem (SK 60764). This recording uses the new performing edition by H.C. Robbins Landon of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s setting of the Requiem, K.626, which brings this unfinished work closer than ever to the intentions of the composer and his students, who completed it after his death.

Weil's recent VIVARTE releases include recordings of Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto with Jos van Immerseel and Violin Concerto with Vera Beths (SK 63365) and of Haydn masses - the Theresienmesse and the Nelsonmesse (SK 62823).