conductor
Simone Young
After completing her musical studies in her native Sydney, Simone Young began her international career in Germany, making her first conducting appearance at the Hamburg State Opera in 1996. From 2005 to 2015 she held the posts of chief executive of the Hamburg State Opera and chief conductor of the Philharmoniker Hamburg. During her tenure in Hamburg, Ms. Young conducted a diverse repertoire with performances of such wide-ranging composers as Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Strauss, Hindemith, Britten and Henze. Conducting many world and German premieres, she brought contemporary music to the fore during her time in Hamburg.
Since July 2022 Ms. Young is Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Her previous positions include principal conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic (1998-2002); artistic director of Opera Australia (2001-2003) and principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon.
Ms. Young is well known as a Wagner and Strauss specialist, a reputation she developed early in her career when she conducted multiple complete cycles of Wagner’s Ring cycle at the Vienna State Opera and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, as well as Die Walküre and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg along with Strauss’ Elektra, Salome, Die Frau ohne Schatten and Ariadne auf Naxos. Outside of Vienna, Ms. Young has appeared as a guest conductor at such opera houses as Opéra National de Paris, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and she is a regular guest at the major opera houses in Munich, Berlin, Dresden and Zurich.
As a symphonic conductor, Ms. Young has worked with many of the world’s leading orchestras. Following completion of her tenure in Hamburg, she is appearing once again as a regular guest conductor with orchestras around the world, including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and several North American and Australian orchestras. Ms. Young will make her first appearance with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the 2024-25 season.
After completing her musical studies in her native Sydney, Simone Young began her international career in Germany, making her first conducting appearance at the Hamburg State Opera in 1996. From 2005 to 2015 she held the posts of chief executive of the Hamburg State Opera and chief conductor of the Philharmoniker Hamburg. During her tenure in Hamburg, Ms. Young conducted a diverse repertoire with performances of such wide-ranging composers as Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Strauss, Hindemith, Britten and Henze. Conducting many world and German premieres, she brought contemporary music to the fore during her time in Hamburg.
Since July 2022 Ms. Young is Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Her previous positions include principal conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic (1998-2002); artistic director of Opera Australia (2001-2003) and principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon.
Ms. Young is well known as a Wagner and Strauss specialist, a reputation she developed early in her career when she conducted multiple complete cycles of Wagner’s Ring cycle at the Vienna State Opera and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, as well as Die Walküre and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg along with Strauss’ Elektra, Salome, Die Frau ohne Schatten and Ariadne auf Naxos. Outside of Vienna, Ms. Young has appeared as a guest conductor at such opera houses as Opéra National de Paris, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and she is a regular guest at the major opera houses in Munich, Berlin, Dresden and Zurich.
As a symphonic conductor, Ms. Young has worked with many of the world’s leading orchestras. Following completion of her tenure in Hamburg, she is appearing once again as a regular guest conductor with orchestras around the world, including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and several North American and Australian orchestras. Ms. Young will make her first appearance with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the 2024-25 season.
After completing her musical studies in her native Sydney, Simone Young began her international career in Germany, making her first conducting appearance at the Hamburg State Opera in 1996. From 2005 to 2015 she held the posts of chief executive of the Hamburg State Opera and chief conductor of the Philharmoniker Hamburg. During her tenure in Hamburg, Ms. Young conducted a diverse repertoire with performances of such wide-ranging composers as Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Strauss, Hindemith, Britten and Henze. Conducting many world and German premieres, she brought contemporary music to the fore during her time in Hamburg.
Since July 2022 Ms. Young is Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Her previous positions include principal conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic (1998-2002); artistic director of Opera Australia (2001-2003) and principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon.
Ms. Young is well known as a Wagner and Strauss specialist, a reputation she developed early in her career when she conducted multiple complete cycles of Wagner’s Ring cycle at the Vienna State Opera and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, as well as Die Walküre and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg along with Strauss’ Elektra, Salome, Die Frau ohne Schatten and Ariadne auf Naxos. Outside of Vienna, Ms. Young has appeared as a guest conductor at such opera houses as Opéra National de Paris, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and she is a regular guest at the major opera houses in Munich, Berlin, Dresden and Zurich.
As a symphonic conductor, Ms. Young has worked with many of the world’s leading orchestras. Following completion of her tenure in Hamburg, she is appearing once again as a regular guest conductor with orchestras around the world, including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and several North American and Australian orchestras. Ms. Young will make her first appearance with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the 2024-25 season.
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Simone Young Intendantin der Staatsoper Hamburg und Generalmusikdirektorin der Philharmoniker Hamburg Fot: Bertold Fabricius -
image: Monika Rittershaus