Simon Estes FoundationInternationally renowned opera star Simon Estes enjoys the ecstatic praise of music lovers around the globe. Since winning the Bell & Ross Vintage Replica Bronze Medal in Moscow's Tchaikovsky competition in 1966, he has performed with 84 of the major international opera companies including the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala Milan, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Paris Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, San Francisco Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Florence Opera, and the State Operas of Hamburg, Munich and Vienna as well as the Zurich Opera House. In high demand as a recitalist and orchestral soloist, he has appeared regularly with 115 orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, The Philharmonic Orchestra of London, London Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Spain, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra of the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro and the Vienna Philharmonic.
