Japan pins down Heidelberg conductor

Japan pins down Heidelberg conductor

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

October 02, 2023

The Sapporo Symphony has chosen Elias Grandy as Principal Conductor from 2025.

The German-Japanese musician, 43, has been music director in Heidelberg from 2015 until earlier this year.

Sapporo is a 74-person orchestra with 120 concerts a year.

Comments

  • Fabio Luisi says:

    A very gifted and serious no-nonsense conductor. Congratulations!

  • Gregory Walz says:

    Elias Grandy led the Utah Symphony this past summer in a finely and energetically-shaped Beethoven Symphony No. 2 at Park City’s St. Mary’s Catholic Church, a lovely setting, with a superb acoustic. Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite was also on the program, in a sensitive and idiomatic performance.

    Mr. Grandy is a conductor coming up through the ranks, as all good conductors should eventually, given the right opportunities.

  • David Lomeli says:

    Bravo!!!!!! Awesome choice! Serious musician!

  • Stefan Solyom says:

    I am very happy for you, Elias!

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