Nathalie

Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Principal Guest Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra

“Best Conductor of the Year” at the 2024 Oper! Awards, proclaimed “probably the most important conductor of our time” by Die Süddeutsche Zeitung, Nathalie made big news in the opera pit in 2023 with her spectacular debuts in Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival. BR Klassik observed having “never experienced such a standing ovation at a pit debut in Bayreuth”, while Oper Magazin described Nathalie as a true possessor of “the Bayreuth gene”, Abendzeitung München “a revelation” and Die Süddeutsche Zeitung “a wonder”. She also made “a splashy debut” and “the coup of the year” for The New York Times with her unanimously acclaimed double debuts at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

During the 2023/24 season, she will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in twelve different programs featuring composers from her favorite repertoire including Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Wagner, Schumann, Mahler, Strauss, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Verdi and Ravel. Highlights include a “Bruckner festival” to celebrate the composer’s 200th anniversary, collaborations with soloists such as Renée Fleming, Maria João Pires and Daniil Trifonov, and recording projects for Warner/Erato are planned. Nathalie and the ASO will also embark on their first tour in California.

 

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Upcoming dates

MARCH 6, 2024
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert, United States

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Haochen Zhang, piano

MARCH 7, 2024
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Segerstrom Center, Costa Mesa, United States

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Haochen Zhang, piano

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Press

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Süddeutsche Zeitung

"Probably the most important conductor of our time"

The New York Times

The New York Times

"One of the most honestly moving Tchaikovsky Sixths that I have heard”

Bachtrack

Bachtrack

"A Brahms Symphony No. 1 sounding as energized as a world premiere"

Gramophone

Gramophone

"Stutzmann’s Beethoven is not quite like any other (...) I urge you to not miss it"

Oberon's Grove

Oberon's Grove

"A revelatory, fresh, thrilling interpretation of a work (Dvořák’s 9th) we’ve all heard countless times."

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer

"She has terrific ideas"

ArtsATL

ArtsATL

"What she brought was nothing short of extraordinary"

Forum Opera

Forum Opera

"Not a single nuance escaped her reading"

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