Edwards, Sian (1959– )

English conductor. She has appeared as guest conductor with leading British orchestras, and made her opera debut with the Scottish Opera in 1986, performing Kurt Weill's Mahagonny. Her Glyndebourne debut was in 1987 with La Traviata, and in 1988 she was the first woman to conduct at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, with The Knot Garden.

She studied with Neeme Järvi and Norman Del Mar, and at the Leningrad Conservatory, Russia. She led the premiere of Turnage's Greek at the Munich Biennale in 1988, and The Gambler at the English National Opera (ENO) in 1990; she was music director at the ENO 1993–96, conducting Jenůfa in her first season and Khovanshchina in 1994.