Dennis Russell Davies

Dennis Russell Davies is an American conductor and pianist, born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1944, who studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard School. He has worked closely with composers of his time, among them Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt and Lou Harrison, and has led orchestras in the United States, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. He has recorded for ECM since the 1970s, including Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa.