Patrick Burns

Patrick Burns is the Artistic Director of the Lyric Opera of Melbourne and director of Music Programs Victoria for the Play It Forward Choral Program. 

In 2018 and 2019 he was the Robert and Elizabeth Albert Conducting Fellow for The Australian Ballet, alongside the Hephzibah Tintner Conducting Fellow. As part of his Fellowships, Patrick has conducted performances for the Australian Ballet with Orchestra Victoria, The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and The Opera Australia Orchestra. He has conducted Orchestra Victoria in a regional performance, acted as Assistant Conductor to Simone Young with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and served as Assistant Conductor in William Kentridge’s production of Wozzeck presented by Opera Australia. 

Internationally he has made guest appearances with the National Theater of Serbia (Otello), State Opera of Bulgaria Ruse (Rigoletto, Nabucco, Turandot), and the Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra in Bulgaria. In 2017, he was the assistant conductor with British Youth Opera and conducted the covers performance with the Southbank Sinfonia. He won the Jury’s Prize at the 2015 Blue Danube International Opera Conducting Competition in Bulgaria and the Orchestra’s Prize in 2016 Black Sea Opera Conducting Competition in Romania. He won the Green Room Award for Musical Achievement for Lyric Opera’s 2022 production of Iphis by Elena Kats-Chernin and Richard Toop. 

For more information visit: www.patrickburnsconductor.com