Jacob Niemann

28, Germany

Jacob Niemann, three-time Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award recipient, recently graduated as the Rita E. Hauser Conducting Fellow at the Curtis Institute of Music, under the mentorship of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He studied for three summers at the Aspen Music Festival & School, working with Robert Spano, becoming the festival’s Assistant Conductor in 2023.

In September 2025 Niemann was selected by Riccardo Muti to attend his Italian Opera Academy in Tokyo, performing Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. This concert season, Niemann will have a residency with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, working with Enrique Mazzola on a production of Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci.

In his role as a cover conductor, Niemann has worked with the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Dallas, Fort Worth, Jacksonville, Minnesota (Minneapolis) and National (Washington). In masterclasses he has conducted the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under David Zinman and the New World Symphony (Miami) with Michael Tilson Thomas.

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