Adam Fischer has conducted the Danish Chamber Orchestra for over two decades. He has two major cycles already recorded for Naxos – the first is the complete Beethoven symphonies on 8505251: ‘I find these performances utterly fascinating… The recorded sound is excellent’ (Gramophone). The cycle won both the Opus Klassik and International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in the Symphonic category.

‘The Danish Chamber Orchestra’s excellent playing ensures a set in which relationships, between orchestral groups, between sections of movements, and between symphonies, are thoughtfully and provocatively delineated. These renditions showcase Beethoven’s revolutionary side in a way few other sets even come close to managing’ – Fanfare

Their acclaimed Brahms symphony cycle can be heard on Naxos 857446567: ‘A new set, in excellent sound, of mature and deeply understanding character... The sound quality is equally fine and this set is self-evidently recommended’ (Musical Opinion, 5 stars).

Adam Fischer has been associated with the Danish Chamber Orchestra since 1997, serving as chief conductor from 1998, where he still is a major driving force and initiator both in Denmark and internationally. In 2019, he was awarded the international Wolf Prize for Music, was nominated Conductor of the Year by Presto Classical in the UK, and received the BBC Music Magazine Orchestral Award for his recording of Mahler’s Symphony no.1 with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. In 2022, he received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA).