Jacob Niemann

25, Germany

Jacob Niemann is a Rita E. Hauser Conducting Fellow at the Curtis Institute of Music, mentored by Yannick Nézet-Séguin since 2020. During the summers of 2018, 2021 and 2022, Niemann received fellowships to attend the Aspen Conducting Academy, where he was awarded the 2021 Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize. At Aspen, he studied with Robert Spano along with guest teachers such as Mark Stringer, Patrick Summers and Hugh Wolff.

Through international conducting masterclasses, Niemann has conducted for David Zinman at the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Michael Tilson Thomas at the New World Symphony. Additionally he has served as cover conductor for Gianandrea Noseda at the National Symphony Orchestra and Miguel Harth-Bedoya at the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.

Niemann received his Bachelor of Music from Peabody Conservatory, where he studied trombone and conducting. During his studies at Peabody, he held a two-year post as Assistant Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Instagram: @jacobniemann