Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor and contralto

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 2027/28 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..

OCTOBER 1, 3 & 4, 2026
Woodruff Arts Center

Atlanta, United States

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 77
Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor Op. 68
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Johan Dalene, violin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

OCTOBER 8 & 10, 2026
Woodruff Arts Center

Atlanta, United States

Wagner: Lohengrin, Vorspiel
Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F Major Op. 90
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Vorspiel und Liebestod
Wagner: Rienzi, Overture
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

OCTOBER 21 & 22, 2026
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
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

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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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