Wilson Hermanto, the Swiss based American conductor, has had a number of successful debuts to his credit, most recently with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Symphony Silicon Valley in San Jose, California. His successful debut with the Orchestre national de Lyon in spring 2012, conducting an adventurous programme of works of Varèse, Schoenberg and Brahms/ Schoenberg is followed by a return to conduct an all Wagner program in the 2012/2013 season.

Other recent engagements have included performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of Brahms and Tchaikovsky, the Prague Symphony Orchestra (Ravel’s complete Daphnis et Chloe), Orchestra of Schleswig-Holstein Festival with pianist Lang Lang on its USA tour, the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris (Tokyo and Paris), the Festival Chamber Orchestra Français de la Grange de Meslay as well the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, replacing Mikko Franck.

The 2011/ 2012 season opened with a series of concerts in Rennes with the Orchestre de Bretagne, including works by Dvorak and Brahms.  This was followed by a ten concert French tour with the Orchestre national d´Île de France which also included a Paris concert to showcase the programme of  Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schubert as well as a world premiere Triple Concerto by Matteo Franchescini with the Trio Wanderer as soloists.  In Lausanne Wilson Hermanto conducted a prestigious Mahler/Mozart programme with soloists Pascal Moragues clarinet and soprano Miah Persson, supported by the distinguished musicologist Mr Henry-Louis de la Grange.

During the 2012/2013 season Wilson Hermanto makes his debuts with the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast and the Orquesta Filharmonica de Bogota in Columbia.

 In September 2011, Offenbach Orphée aux enfers with the exciting young director, Stephan Groegler, was the successful production of the Geneva Conservatoire.  Featured in a long television interview, excerpts can be seen on the websites below.

In recent seasons, Wilson  has worked in addition with the Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra of the NDR Hannover, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Orchestre National de l'Opera de Lorraine, Brandenburg State Orchestra, Sinfonia Cracovia and Sinfonietta de Lausanne.

In the USA, Wilson Hermanto joined the Cleveland Orchestra as Assistant Conductor, a post he held from 2002 – 2004. He conducted the orchestra on numerous occasions during his tenure, working closely with Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, guest conductors, and on touring projects. He was then invited to collaborate with M. Christoph Eschenbach and a number of orchestras between 2004 - 2007.

He made his Blossom Festival debut conducting the Cleveland Orchestra in the summer of 2003. Wilson Hermanto was active in the planning of education programmes with the Cleveland Orchestra as well as taking part in the training programme of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra.

Prior to his position in Cleveland, Wilson Hermanto was Music Director of the Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra in Los Angeles, continuing the tradition of its past music directors such as André Previn, Michael Tilson Thomas and Myung-Whun Chung. The YMF Debut Orchestra is among the most respected and important training orchestras for young musicians in the United States and Mr. Hermanto’s appointment to lead this ensemble came as a result of his winning a national conductor search competition in 1999. In his three year tenure in Los Angeles he performed several important world premiere works by American composers as part of a collaboration between the YMF Debut Orchestra and the BMI Foundation, as well as the standard works from Classical, Romantic and 20th Century repertoire, including the Orchestra’s first performance of Bruckner Symphony No 9.

Wilson Hermanto has a keen and active interest in contemporary repertoire.   He was invited by Pierre Boulez to be one of only two young conductors to participate in the Lucerne Festival Academy, working intensively with Maestro Boulez on works by contemporary composers.

May 2013

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