Nathalie
Nathalie Stutzmann is Chief Conductor of Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra in Norway, Principal Guest Conductor of RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, as well as Artist-in-Residence with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra for the 2019/20 season. She is considered one of the most outstanding musical personalities of our time, with parallel careers as both Contralto and Conductor.
Highlights as a guest conductor in the 19/20 season include debut performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Bamberger Symphoniker. She will also return to the Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras, Rotterdam, Oslo, Royal Liverpool and Royal Stockholm Philharmonics, and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
“Nathalie is the real thing. So much love, intensity and sheer technique. We need more conductors like her.”
Sir Simon Rattle
Upcoming dates
November 6, 2020
Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Kilden Performing Arts Centre, Kristiansand, Norway
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
November 11, 2020
Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Kilden Performing Arts Centre, Kristiansand, Norway
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Latest news
Metropolitan Opera conducting debut in 2021/22 season
Nathalie Stutzmann will make her Metropolitan Opera conducting debut during the 2021/22 season in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride. In a […]
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2019/20 Artist-in-Residence with the Rotterdam Philharmonic
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra welcomes Nathalie Stutzmann as its 2019/20 Artist-in-Residence. The residency will showcase Nathalie’s multi-faced musicianship with projects […]
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Conducting debut at the BBC Proms in a Brahms, Wagner and Mozart programme
On August 7 2019, Nathalie Stutzmann makes her conducting debut at the BBC Proms, leading Brahms’ Tragic Overture, Wagner’s Prelude […]
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Bachtrack
"A masterful conception of music"
Le Figaro
"The conductor has it all"
Le Monde
"A spirited, precise, sensitive and contrasting direction"
Seen and Heard International
"Stutzmann’s conducting technique is exceptionally clear, and everything she touches emerges as incredibly musical"
The Huffington Post
"Stutzmann is a different kind of conductor"
