French-Swiss composer Richard Dubugnon’s music is ​‘driven by a playful modern sensibility’ (The New York Times). Dubugnon has enjoyed commissions and performances from orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Concertgebouworkest, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Recent successes include the Concerto Héroïque for alto saxophone and orchestra, premiered in December 2023 at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall by soloist Kohei Ueno and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra conducted by Naoto Otomo. 

Dubugnon was Composer-in-Residence with Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne from 2013 to 2014 and with Musikkollegium Winterthur from 2016 to 2017. His BBC Proms debut took place in 2012, when his Battlefield Concerto for two piano and double orchestra was performed by the Labèque sisters conducted by Semyon Bychkov. He is a regular guest of the Verbier Festival, having written commissions for its 20th and 30th anniversaries.