He has long been one of classical music’s most compelling advocates, but somewhere along the way, Conlon has fully assumed the mantle of the most accomplished music director currently on the podium of an American opera house.
Opera News, July 2019
...one of America's leading conductors...
The New York Times
James Conlon, one of today’s most versatile and respected conductors, has cultivated a vast symphonic, operatic and choral repertoire. Since his 1974 debut with the New York Philharmonic, he has conducted virtually every major American and European symphony orchestra. Through worldwide touring, an extensive discography and videography, numerous essays and commentaries, frequent television appearances and guest speaking engagements, Mr. Conlon is one of classical music’s most recognized interpreters.
Read full bioConlon is the real thing: a master of the orchestra with genuine theatricality and no discernible narcissism.
Los Angeles Times
“Discovering Debussy,” a Los Angeles citywide festival curated by Conlon to raise interest and provoke discussion about Debussy’s {…}
The Dallas Morning News says, “Conlon led a performance gripping start to finish, as attentive to the music’s hushed insinuations as to its {…}
April 10 & 11, 2023
Colburn School & Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices Symposium
Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
March 25 – April 16, 2023
Sydney Mancasola & Will Liverman
LA Opera | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Los Angeles, CA
May 25, 2023
World premiere of new work by Julia Adolphe & Mozart's Requiem with the Cincinnati May Festival Chorus and Cincinnati Symphony
Music Hall
Cincinnati, OH
He is a miracle of equilibrium: his dramatic intuition never fails, nor betrays the transparency of the music…
Le Monde de la Musique