conductor
Nathalie Stutzmann
Nathalie Stutzmann is music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the second woman in history to lead a major American orchestra. She was Principal Guest Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 2021-2024.
Recent guest conducting performances include debuts with the Czech Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and Wiener Symphoniker. The 2024-25 season also saw returns to the New York Philharmonic as their Featured Artist, the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, and the LA Philharmonic. Stutzmann makes her first appearance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2025-26.
Ms. Stutzmann’s conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2023 was declared ‘the coup of the year’ by The New York Times. That year, the French conductor also made a spectacular debut at the Bayreuth Festival with Wagner’s Tannhäuser, resulting in her being named ‘Best Conductor of the Year at the 2024 Oper! Awards. The 2024 revival of the production saw the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung describe her as ‘a genius who makes the music irresistible’.
In 2022, Stutzmann released the complete Beethoven piano concertos with Haochen Zhang and The Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as an album featuring the Glière and Mosolov harp concertos with Xavier de Maistre and WDR Sinfonieorchester, which was awarded an Opus Klassik. She recently signed an exclusive recording contract with Warner Classics/Erato, which released her recording of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 and American Suite with the Atlanta Symphony in August, 2024.
Stutzmann started her studies in piano, bassoon and cello at a very young age and studied conducting with the legendary Jorma Panula. As one of today’s most esteemed contraltos, she received many prestigious awards. In France, Stutzmann was named Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Nathalie Stutzmann is music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the second woman in history to lead a major American orchestra. She was Principal Guest Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 2021-2024.
Recent guest conducting performances include debuts with the Czech Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and Wiener Symphoniker. The 2024-25 season also saw returns to the New York Philharmonic as their Featured Artist, the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, and the LA Philharmonic. Stutzmann makes her first appearance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2025-26.
Ms. Stutzmann’s conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2023 was declared ‘the coup of the year’ by The New York Times. That year, the French conductor also made a spectacular debut at the Bayreuth Festival with Wagner’s Tannhäuser, resulting in her being named ‘Best Conductor of the Year at the 2024 Oper! Awards. The 2024 revival of the production saw the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung describe her as ‘a genius who makes the music irresistible’.
In 2022, Stutzmann released the complete Beethoven piano concertos with Haochen Zhang and The Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as an album featuring the Glière and Mosolov harp concertos with Xavier de Maistre and WDR Sinfonieorchester, which was awarded an Opus Klassik. She recently signed an exclusive recording contract with Warner Classics/Erato, which released her recording of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 and American Suite with the Atlanta Symphony in August, 2024.
Stutzmann started her studies in piano, bassoon and cello at a very young age and studied conducting with the legendary Jorma Panula. As one of today’s most esteemed contraltos, she received many prestigious awards. In France, Stutzmann was named Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Nathalie Stutzmann is music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the second woman in history to lead a major American orchestra. She was Principal Guest Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 2021-2024.
Recent guest conducting performances include debuts with the Czech Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and Wiener Symphoniker. The 2024-25 season also saw returns to the New York Philharmonic as their Featured Artist, the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, and the LA Philharmonic. Stutzmann makes her first appearance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2025-26.
Ms. Stutzmann’s conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2023 was declared ‘the coup of the year’ by The New York Times. That year, the French conductor also made a spectacular debut at the Bayreuth Festival with Wagner’s Tannhäuser, resulting in her being named ‘Best Conductor of the Year at the 2024 Oper! Awards. The 2024 revival of the production saw the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung describe her as ‘a genius who makes the music irresistible’.
In 2022, Stutzmann released the complete Beethoven piano concertos with Haochen Zhang and The Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as an album featuring the Glière and Mosolov harp concertos with Xavier de Maistre and WDR Sinfonieorchester, which was awarded an Opus Klassik. She recently signed an exclusive recording contract with Warner Classics/Erato, which released her recording of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 and American Suite with the Atlanta Symphony in August, 2024.
Stutzmann started her studies in piano, bassoon and cello at a very young age and studied conducting with the legendary Jorma Panula. As one of today’s most esteemed contraltos, she received many prestigious awards. In France, Stutzmann was named Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.