Sascha Götzel
Viennese conductor Sascha Goetzel has been appointment as new Music Director of the Orchestra National des Pays de la Loire France. Beginning on September 1, 2022, for a four-year term and New Music Director of the NYO-Can, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada with immediate effect. He is currently Principal Guest Conductor of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Lü Jia
Chinese Italian Conductor Music Director of China National performing Art Center Orchestra (NCPAO) and music director of the Macao Orchestra, Lü Jia was bestowed the President’s Prize by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in 2007 for his contribution to Italian culture.
Over the past decades, Lü Jia has conducted over 2,000 orchestral concerts and opera performances in Europe and America, and became the first conductor of asian descent to serve as the artistic director of a major Italian opera house, as well as the first Chinese-Italian conductor to lead Chicago Symphony on world tour
Georg Fritzsch
Georg Fritzsch is the General Music Director of the Badische Staatskapelle and the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Before dedicating himself to conducting, Georg Fritzsch studied cello at the „Carl Maria von Weber“ Academy of Music in Dresden. After finishing his studies, he was engaged as solo cellist with the Gera Philharmonic Orchestra. At the same time Georg Fritzsch began his conducting studies in Dresden and Leipzig, which he completed in 1993.
Heiko Mathias Förster
Heiko Mathias Förster is the designated Chief Conductor of the
Baden-Baden Philharmonic. He will take up his new position in September 2022 and will lead the orchestra for 5 seasons.
Heiko Mathias Förster was chief conductor and artistic director of the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava from 2014 to 2019.
In recent years he has set many extraordinary musical accents in the musical life of the Czech Republic.
José María Moreno
José María Moreno is a charismatic, passionate and versatile Spanish conductor who has been Music and Artistic Director of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga since 2020. He has conducted numerous renowned orchestras around the world, including in Germany, Argentina, Russia, Poland, China and many other countries. He has also worked with many renowned international soloists. Moreno was born in Palma de Mallorca and completed his training in Spain and St. Petersburg. He has conducted operas, zarzuelas, ballets and concerts in many countries and has performed in major venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie and the Teatro Real. He was also artistic director of the Teatre Principal in Palma de Mallorca, where he conducted opera and ballet performances from 2012 to 2015. Moreno is also a pioneer in the application of Tai Chi techniques to conducting. His future projects will take him to China, Argentina, Canada and the USA, among other places.
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Shengnan Hu
Robert Moody is in his third year as Music Director of the Memphis Symphony, USA, and works regularly with major orchestras throughout North America, Europe as guest conductor. At Memphis Symphony, where in just a short time, the Symphony has, under Moody’s leadership, released their latest recording with great acclaim and the symphony has grown its endowment from zero to $25 million.
Yongyan Hu
Maestro Yongyan Hu began his formal studies at China's prestigious Central Conservatory of Music, after which he pursued graduate degrees at the Yale University School of Music and the Juilliard School. His formal training has been augmented by regular creative collaboration with talented musicians, as well as production experience in opera, classical music, and soundtracks for musicals and film.
Eckard Preu
Is Music Director of the Long Beach Symphony, the Portland Symphony, and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Previously, he held positions of Music Director with the Spokane Symphony (WA), Stamford Symphony (CT), and served as Associate Conductor of the Richmond Symphony (VA), and Resident Conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra (NY).
Marcus Bosch
Marcus Bosch is Chief Conductor of Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock.
He is one of the most prominent figures in the German conducting scene and a much-sought-after guest conductor across the world.
David Wroe
Mr. Wroe is Music Director of the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, Opera at Florham NJ, Principal Conductor at Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice in New York, and was a regular conductor at New York City Opera.