CONDUCTOR
Aleksandra Melaniuk
Salonen conducting fellow
Britten-pears young artist
Britten-pears young artist
B I O
Praised for her 'infectious energy' and elegant phrasing, Aleksandra Melaniuk is a conductor particularly drawn to repertoire shaped by folk influences and marked by strong dramatic character and vivid orchestral colour. She currently serves as a Salonen Conducting Fellow in the Negaunee Conducting Program at the Colburn School and the San Francisco Symphony.
Recent highlights include her subscription concert debut with the Helsinki Philharmonic, with the San Francisco Symphony in the SoundBox series, and a last minute jump-in to conduct four performances of Verdi's La Traviata at Opera Holland Park. In the season 2025/26 she makes her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the Symphonies for the Youth series and joins the Verbier Festival Conducting Programme.
Her work as a cover conductor includes engagements with Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony (with Esa-Pekka Salonen), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de España (with Simone Young).
S C H E D U L E
JUNE 11 - 14 - ojai festival
DEBUT
LA Phil New Music Group
Thorvadlsdóttir Ró
Thorvadlsdóttir Ró
JULY 20 - VERBIER FESTIVAL, VERBIER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
assistant conductor to Sir Simon Rattle
Kirill Gerstein, piano
LIGETI Atmosphères
WAGNER Prelude to Lohengrin
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto no. 3
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
Kirill Gerstein, piano
LIGETI Atmosphères
WAGNER Prelude to Lohengrin
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto no. 3
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
JULY 27 - VERBIER FESTIVAL, Verbier festival chamber orchestra
assistant conductor to Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Janine Jansen, violin
Daniel Blendulf, cello
Janine Jansen, violin
Daniel Blendulf, cello
MENDELSSOHN Overture to Ruy Blas
BRAHMS Double Concerto
SCHUMANN Symphony no. 3 Rhenisch
BRAHMS Double Concerto
SCHUMANN Symphony no. 3 Rhenisch