Artistic Director Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra (www.bpho.be) Brussels Philharmonic Chorus & Serenata Vocale
(chamber choir)

Winner of the Belgian French Federation Community Prize and the Chilean National Conservatory Prize, David Navarro-Turres serves as Artistic director of the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra (www.bpho.be) / Brussels Philharmonic Chorus (www.bphc.be) leading ambitious productions that bring together choir, soloists, and orchestra in performances of strong dramatic impact.

As a guest conductor, he has appeared with numerous leading orchestras and ensembles, including the Belgian National Orchestra, the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Music Corps of the Belgian Guides, Royal Band of the Belgian Airforce, the Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, and Ensemble Confluences, the EST OUEST ensemble, El Sistema Belgium orchestra, Brussels Choral Society, Brussels Chamber Choir, The Euro-Persian Art Orchestra, The Chilean Chamber Orchestra, La Serena Symphonic Orchestra, The Symphony Orchestra of Concepción, The Symphony Orchestra of Antofagasta, The China Hong Kong Symphony, the Orchestre Symphonique du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, the HKU Utrecht Conservatory Orchestra, the Commonwealth Symphony Orchestra, Pazardjik Symphony Orchestra, the Caméra Lirica and the Wien Akustik Symphonie.

Born in Antofagasta, Chile, David Navarro-Turres began conducting at the age of fifteen with the Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Liceo Experimental Artístico. He is a graduate of the Modern Contemporary Music School, the National Conservatory of the University of Chile and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He has won scholarships for conducting masterclasses in Zurich with David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra, in London with Benjamin Zander and the London Masterclass Orchestra, and with Guerassim Voronkov and the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra.

Highlights of his career include conducting Three Letters from Sarajevo by Goran Bregović at the opening concert of the BALKAN TRAFIK Festival in 2017, as well as the Brel Symphonique project with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, performed at Forest National and in several major Belgian cities. In 2022, he opened the Festival of Sacred Music at the Mons International Contemporary Music Festival with Ensemble Confluences, before concluding the year with a national tour of the operetta Bluebeard. A regular guest conductor in Asia and the Middle East, he notably completed three consecutive tours in China, all met with widespread critical and public acclaim.

Navarro-Turres is particularly known for his work with large vocal and orchestral forces. His interpretations focus on architectural clarity in complex scores, balance between orchestra, soloists, choir and an expressive intensity without loss of precision.

His repertoire spans sacred, symphonic, and operatic works, with a strong affinity for emotionally charged and structurally rich compositions.