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Jonathon Heyward
Jonathon Heyward is forging a career as one of the most exciting conductors on the international scene . He currently serves as Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra . Jonathon made his debut with BSO in March 2022 in three performances that included the firstever performance of Shostakovich ’ s Symphony No . 15 . From summer 2024 , Jonathon will become Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director of Lincoln Center ’ s Summer Orchestra . This recent appointment follows a highly acclaimed Lincoln Center debut with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra , in summer 2022 , as part of their Summer for the City festival .
Currently in his third year as a Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie , in summer 2021 , Jonathon took part in an intense , two-week residency with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain which led to a highly acclaimed BBC Proms debut . According to The Guardian Jonathon has delivered “ a fast and fearless performance of Beethoven ’ s Eroica Symphony , in which loud chords exploded , repeating like fireworks in the hall ’ s dome , and the quietest passages barely registered . It was exuberant , exhilarating stuff .”
Jonathon ’ s recent and future guest conducting highlights in the United Kingdom include debuts and re-invitations with the London Symphony Orchestra , BBC National Orchestra of Wales , BBC Symphony , Royal Scottish National Orchestra , The Hallé in Manchester , National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin , and Scottish Chamber Orchestra . In continental Europe , amongst Jonathon ’ s recent and forthcoming debuts are collaborations with the Castilla y León ,
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Galicia Symphony , Danish National Symphony Orchestra , Basel Symphony , Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne , Brussels Philharmonic , Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine , Tonhalle Düsseldorf , Hamburg Symphony and MDRSymphony in Germany . Across 23 / 24 season , Jonathon makes his Australian debut with the Melbourne Symphony and New Zealand debut with the Auckland Philharmonia .
In 2021 , Jonathon made his Wolf Trap debut conducting the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC . Shortly upcoming are Jonathon ’ s debuts at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and with the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival . Further significant highlights in the United States include collaborations with the New York Philharmonic , Atlanta , Detroit , Houston , Seattle , St Louis Symphony , and Minnesota Orchestra .
Equally at home on the opera stage , Jonathon recently made his Royal Opera House debut with Hannah Kendall ’ s Knife of Dawn , having also conducted a Kurt Weill ’ s Lost in the Stars with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra , as well as the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli ’ s new opera , Wake , in a production by Graham Vick for the Birmingham Opera Company .
Born in Charleston , South Carolina , Jonathon began his musical training as a cellist at the age of ten and started conducting while still at school . He studied conducting at the Boston Conservatory of Music , where he became assistant conductor of the prestigious institution ’ s opera department and of the Boston Opera Collaborative and received postgraduate lessons from Sian Edwards at London ’ s Royal Academy of Music . Before leaving the Academy , he was appointed assistant conductor of the Hallé Orchestra ,
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Jonathon Heyward
where he was mentored by Sir Mark Elder , and became Music Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra .
Jonathon ’ s commitment to education and community outreach work deepened during his three years with the Hallé and has flourished since he arrived in post as Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in January 2021 . He is equally committed to including new music within his imaginative concert programs .
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