Thomas Dausgaard trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen and the Royal College of Music in London. Dausgaard became Chief Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR in August 2004 after three years as Principal Guest Conductor. Since 1997 he has been Chief Conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra with which he has appeared at the Mostly Mozart and Ravinia festivals and the BBC Proms. Working regularly with the leading Scandinavian orchestras, he also often guest conducts leading orchestras in Europe and North America, e.g. Bayerischer Rundfunk, Leipziger Gewandhaus, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the orchestras of RAI Turin and Teatro alla Scala. He has as well recorded a long succession of CDs with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR, including works by Liszt, Berwald, Per Nørgård and the symphonies of Rued Langgaard as well as the opera Antikrist.