Edwin Outwater is Music Director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in Ontario, Canada. Now entering his third season, he has revitalized the orchestra and gained international attention for innovative projects and imaginative programs.

Mr. Outwater’s recent highlights include his professional opera debut conducting La Traviata with the San Francisco Opera, a benefit concert with the San Francisco Symphony featuring some of Hollywood’s most prominent actors (The World of Nick Adams), and conducting the YouTube Symphony in Carnegie Hall with Michael Tilson Thomas and Tan Dun.

In the 2009-2010 season, Mr. Outwater returns to the San Francisco Symphony for subscription series performances and also returns to the Chicago Symphony, New World Symphony, Columbus Symphony, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He debuts with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C., and the Mexico City Philharmonic.

In the United States, Mr. Outwater has conducted the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Houston, Detroit, Seattle, and Indianapolis, and many others. In Canada, he has conducted the symphonies of Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Victoria. International appearances include the New Zealand Symphony, the Adelaide Symphony, the Malmö Symphony, the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, the Orquestra Sinfonica de Xalapa, and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

Edwin Outwater was Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony from 2001-2006. While there, he worked closely with Michael Tilson Thomas, accompanied the orchestra on tour and conducted numerous concerts each season. He made his subscription debut in 2002 with Kurt Masur conducting Britten’s War Requiem, and has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma, Evelyn Glennie, and many others. On two occasions, Mr. Outwater stepped in for an ailing Michael Tilson Thomas, conducting performances of Stravinsky’s complete Pulcinella, as well as works by Beethoven