TLI: The Art of Conducting with Andris Nelsons

Andris Nelsons, celebrating 10 years as the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Ray and Maria Stata Music Director, leads a workshop on conducting with the Tanglewood Learning Institute. Get tickets » Nelsons became the 15th music director in the BSO's history at the start of the 2014-2015 season. He made his debut with the orchestra at Carnegie Hall in March 2011, his Tanglewood debut in July 2012, and his Symphony Hall debut in January 2013. In January 2024, Head of Conducting at Tanglewood was added to his title to reflect his expanded commitment to pre-professional training. Andris Nelsons' eleventh season as music director features several major projects, including performances of Mahler's Eighth Symphony in October, the full cycle of Beethoven's nine symphonies in January, concert performances of Erich Korngold's opera Die tote Stadt, and performances of BSO-commissioned works by BSO Composer Chair Carlos Simon, Kevin Puts, and Aleksandra Vrebalov. Nelsons' and the BSO's annual two-concert series at Carnegie Hall in April features pianist Mitsuko Uchida performing Beethoven and cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing Shostakovich. The BSO season culminates in a European tour with performances in Vienna and Prague, as well as the orchestra's first appearance in Nelsons' native Riga. The tour concludes in Leipzig, where the Boston Symphony Orchestra joins the Gewandhausorchester for the Shostakovich Festival Leipzig, a comprehensive and globally unique celebration of the composer's music, marking the 50th anniversary of his death. As both Music Director of the BSO and "Gewandhauskapellmeister" of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (GHO), a position he has held since 2018, Nelsons conducts both orchestras as they present the composer's symphonies, concertos, and other orchestral and chamber works - and, as in November 2019 at Symphony Hall in Boston, both the BSO and the GHO merge together for a joint performance, this time of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7. During the festival, Nelsons also conducts the GHO in performances of Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Leipzig opera house. This festival project stems from a unique partnership, initiated by Nelsons - the BSO/GHO Alliance.