Recent & Upcoming in 2021
Acclaim from Spain With orchestras gradually returning to the stage these past several months, James Conlon has been in demand in both {…}
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
Acclaim from Spain With orchestras gradually returning to the stage these past several months, James Conlon has been in demand in both {…}
James Conlon conducts a battle of the symphonies – a four concert series pairing Schumann and Brahms’ four symphonies with four {…}
August 6, 2021
All-Mozart evening with violinist William Hagen
Ravinia Festival | Ravinia Pavilion
Highland Park, IL
August 11, 2021
All-Beethoven program with Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
Belvedere di Villa Rufolo
Ravello, Italy
October 1 & 2, 2021
Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony & Zemlinsky's Die Seejungfrau
Meyerhoff and Strathmore Halls
Baltimore and Bethesda, MD
He is a miracle of equilibrium: his dramatic intuition never fails, nor betrays the transparency of the music…
Le Monde de la Musique