conductor
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Andrés Orozco-Estrada is chief conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra since the 2023-24 season. From the 2025/26 season, he will take up the position of general music director of the city of Cologne and Gürzenich Kapellmeister.
As a child Andrés Orozco-Estrada played violin, at fifteen he was taking conducting lessons and at nineteen he was studying with Uroš Lajovic in Vienna. In 2004, he made his debut with the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich. Orozco-Estrada became its assistant conductor, and in 2009 was made chief conductor. He has also served as chief conductor of the Basque National Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony (2014-2021), the Houston Symphony (2014-2021), and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra (2020-2022).
Andrés Orozco-Estrada has been a regular guest with the Wiener Philharmoniker since the acclaim that followed two concerts as a last-minute substitute. He has also regularly conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada made his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in May 2015. In August 2023 he led the fourth edition of its youth orchestra Young; in June 2024 he conducted the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven’s Fidelio at Dutch National Opera, and three months later, on 13 September, he led the orchestra’s Opening Night season opener.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada is chief conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra since the 2023-24 season. From the 2025/26 season, he will take up the position of general music director of the city of Cologne and Gürzenich Kapellmeister.
As a child Andrés Orozco-Estrada played violin, at fifteen he was taking conducting lessons and at nineteen he was studying with Uroš Lajovic in Vienna. In 2004, he made his debut with the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich. Orozco-Estrada became its assistant conductor, and in 2009 was made chief conductor. He has also served as chief conductor of the Basque National Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony (2014-2021), the Houston Symphony (2014-2021), and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra (2020-2022).
Andrés Orozco-Estrada has been a regular guest with the Wiener Philharmoniker since the acclaim that followed two concerts as a last-minute substitute. He has also regularly conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada made his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in May 2015. In August 2023 he led the fourth edition of its youth orchestra Young; in June 2024 he conducted the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven’s Fidelio at Dutch National Opera, and three months later, on 13 September, he led the orchestra’s Opening Night season opener.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada is chief conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra since the 2023-24 season. From the 2025/26 season, he will take up the position of general music director of the city of Cologne and Gürzenich Kapellmeister.
As a child Andrés Orozco-Estrada played violin, at fifteen he was taking conducting lessons and at nineteen he was studying with Uroš Lajovic in Vienna. In 2004, he made his debut with the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich. Orozco-Estrada became its assistant conductor, and in 2009 was made chief conductor. He has also served as chief conductor of the Basque National Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony (2014-2021), the Houston Symphony (2014-2021), and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra (2020-2022).
Andrés Orozco-Estrada has been a regular guest with the Wiener Philharmoniker since the acclaim that followed two concerts as a last-minute substitute. He has also regularly conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada made his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in May 2015. In August 2023 he led the fourth edition of its youth orchestra Young; in June 2024 he conducted the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven’s Fidelio at Dutch National Opera, and three months later, on 13 September, he led the orchestra’s Opening Night season opener.