Nathalie

Music Director Designate of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Principal Guest Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra
Chief Conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Conductor and contralto, Nathalie Stutzmann is considered one of the most outstanding musical personalities of our time. Charismatic musicianship, combined with unique rigour, energy and fantasy, characterise her style.
Nathalie Stutzmann has just been announced as Atlanta Symphony’s Music Director from the start of the 2022/23 season, becoming only the second woman in history to lead a major American orchestra after Marin Alsop. In addition, this season she begins her position as the Philadelphia Orchestra’s new Principal Guest Conductor. She is also entering the fourth season of a highly successful tenure as Chief Conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, a tenure which has just been extended by a further two seasons, to the end of 22/23.
As a guest conductor, Nathalie will begin the season 21/ 22 with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Other guest conducting highlights this season and the next include performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Hamburg NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Helsinki Radio Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, San Francisco Symphony…
Upcoming dates
MAY 22, 2022
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
Brahms: Nänie
Brahms: Song of the Fates
Brahms: Song of Destiny
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
BBC Symphony Chorus
MAY 26, 27 & 28, 2022
San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, United States
Brahms: Nänie
Brahms: Song of the Fates
Brahms: Song of Destiny
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Latest news
Nathalie Stutzmann sponsor of 'Tous à l'Opéra' May 6-8, 2022
Nathalie Stutzmann is the sponsor of the 15th edition of ‘Tous à l’Opéra’ which will be held from May 6 […]
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