• "Probably the most important conductor of our time"
    — Süddeutsche Zeitung

Nathalie

Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Artistic and Music Director Designate of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Nathalie Stutzmann is the Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra since 2022. From 2021 to 2024, she was Principal Guest
Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra and will take the helm of the
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo in 2026/27 becoming their
Artistic and Musical Director.

In the 2026/27 season, Nathalie Stutzmann appears as Guest Conductor
with the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the
Munich Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish
Radio Symphony Orchestra and will make her debut at Opéra national de
Paris with Werther. Recent engagements include the Symphonieorchester
des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and
Orchestre de Paris.

In the upcoming season, Nathalie Stutzmann joins forces with soloists
including Janine Jansen, Seong-Jin Cho, Beatrice Rana, Benjamin
Grosvenor and Anna Geniushene amongst others.

Following her debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 2023 with Tannhäuser, she
was subsequently named Best Conductor of the Year at the 2024 Oper! Awards.

Since then, she has firmly established herself as a major interpreter of
Wagner Operas. This past summer saw her return to the Festival at the
helm of Rienzi for its Historic premiere in the Festspielhaus.

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Upcoming dates

OCTOBER 21 & 22, 2026
Tonhalle Orchester

Tonhalle,
Zürich, Switzerland

Wagner: Rienzi, Overture
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Vorspiel und Liebestod
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Christina Nilsson, Soprano
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich

NOVEMBER 5 & 7, 2026
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Woodruff Arts Center,
Atlanta, United States

Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major Op. 83
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Anna Geniushene, piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

NOVEMBER 12, 14 & 15, 2026
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Woodruff Arts Center,
Atlanta, United States

Berlioz: “Menuet des Follets”, “Ballet des Sylphes” & Hungarian March, from ‘La damnation de Faust’ Op. 24
Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été
Fauré: Requiem

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Juliette Mey, mezzo
Elijah McCormack, sopranist
Leon Košavić, baritone
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus

NOVEMBER 19 & 21, 2026
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Woodruff Arts Center,
Atlanta, United States

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Anna Geniushene, piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

 

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Latest recording

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 “Romantic”

Nathalie Stutzmann’s Warner Classics Bruckner album with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is dedicated to Bruckner 4th Symphony “Romantic”.

Now comes the release of another symphony from the later 19th century – the Symphony No 4 by Anton Bruckner. Stutzmann finds his music particularly fulfilling: “I believe that Bruckner’s symphonies are universal,” she has said, “They represent the longing for the eternal. He leads listeners into a unique world that they would otherwise never enter.” 2024 marked Bruckner’s bicentenary and Stutzmann, in her third season as Music Director in Atlanta, made a powerful impact with several of his works in a series of sold-out concerts. “This was go-for-broke music-making, with the orchestra in top-notch form,” wrote the Atlanta-based music website EarRelevant. “Bruckner benefits from a free rein … The symphony concluded in a blaze of triumph, eliciting cheers from the audience …In short, a concert of grace and glory, a consolation and inspiration in our divisive times.”

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Latest news

Nathalie Stutzmann to make conducting debut at Opéra de Paris next season

Nathalie Stutzmann will make her much-awaited conducting debut at the Opéra de Paris (Opéra Bastille) from 11 February to 12 […]

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Nathalie Stutzmann’s acclaimed Faust at the Bayerische Staatsoper

From February 8–27, 2026, Nathalie Stutzmann made her highly anticipated debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, leading a new […]

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Nathalie Stutzmann appointed Artistic and Music Director of Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Nathalie Stutzmann has been appointed the next Artistic and Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo (OPMC), beginning her […]

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Press

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Süddeutsche Zeitung

"Probably the most important conductor of our time"

The New York Times

The New York Times

"One of the most honestly moving Tchaikovsky Sixths that I have heard”

Bachtrack

Bachtrack

"A Brahms Symphony No. 1 sounding as energized as a world premiere"

Gramophone

Gramophone

"Stutzmann’s Beethoven is not quite like any other (...) I urge you to not miss it"

Oberon's Grove

Oberon's Grove

"A revelatory, fresh, thrilling interpretation of a work (Dvořák’s 9th) we’ve all heard countless times."

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer

"She has terrific ideas"

ArtsATL

ArtsATL

"What she brought was nothing short of extraordinary"

Forum Opera

Forum Opera

"Not a single nuance escaped her reading"

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