With Riccardo Muti forced to withdraw from last week’s series of concerts, Lina González-Granados became the first Latina to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the performances on April 7, 8, 9 & 12.

 

“…(Lina González-Granados) delivered clean, efficient performances of both selections and demonstrated a feel for the theatrical flair that is essential to both. With expansive, fluid gestures, she found the fun and whimsy in the “Barber” overture and brought it to a suitably boisterous conclusion but seemed most at home in the “Don Giovanni”, giving shape to its out-sized emotions.”

Full review HERE

 

Lina González-Granados has recently been appointed Resident Conductor by the LA Opera, position to be held from July 2022 thru June 2025, and will open their season conducting Lucia de Lammermoor in September 2022.

Praised for her "attention to orchestral colors" (OperaWire) and ability to create "lightning changes in tempo, meter, and effect" (Boston Musical Intelligencer), Colombian-American Lina González-Granados has distinguished herself nationally and internationally as a talented young conductor of symphonic and operatic repertoire. Her spirited interpretations of the orchestral repertoire, as well as her dedication to highlighting new and unknown works by Latin- American composers, have earned her international recognition, most recently as the recipient of the 2021 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the Third Prize, and ECHO Special Award (European Concert Hall Organization) of La Maestra Competition, and the 2020 and 2021 Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award.

 

Lina was the winner of the Fourth Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition, and became the new Solti Conducting Apprentice under the guidance of Maestro Riccardo Muti, beginning in February 2020 and continuing through June 2022. She has also held positions as Conducting Fellow of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Seattle Symphony.

 

Her 2021-22 season includes returns to the New York Philharmonic, as well as debuts with the National Symphony (USA), Houston Symphony, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Kristiansand Symphony, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Polish National Radio Symphony, Orquesta del Principado de Asturias, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Orquesta de les Illes Balears and Tenerife Symphony. She recently also led the production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Dallas Opera.

 

Highlights of the 2022/23 season include her Hollywood Bowl debut with LA Philharmonic, and appearances with Orchestre Metropolitain, San Antonio Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, NAC Orchestra, Borusan Philharmonic, Aalborg Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, and will also return to the Seattle Symphony for a subscription week.

 

For more information please visit: Lina González-Granados Webpage 

Lina González-Granados is represented by CAMI Music LLC worldwide

Javier Manzana Fas – General Manager   

Cell: +34 618.378.678  

Email: jmf@camimusic.com

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