Nicolò Umberto Foron

25, Germany

Nicolò Umberto Foron, born 1998 in Genova, Italy, is Principal Assistant Conductor of Ensemble intercontemporain, ‘mentored conductor’ of Peter Eötvös, 2022 Tanglewood Conducting Fellow, working closely with Andris Nelsons, and winner of the 2021 International Conducting Competition Bucharest.

He has broad experience with symphonic, opera and contemporary music having already conducted more than 100 premieres. He has conducted orchestras such as the Orchestra National de Montpellier, Sofia Philarmonic (soloist Sabine Meyer), Staatskapelle Weimar, the Noord Netherlands Orchestra, Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen and the Ensemble intercontemporain.

Besides his engagements he has assisted conductors such as François-Xavier Roth, Martyn Brabbins, Matthias Pintscher and Lorin Maazel. He assisted Riccardo Muti on a production of The Marriage of Figaro and took masterclasses with Bernard Haitink.

Discovered at the age of 11 by Jorma Panula, Nicolò was a student of the Royal Academy of Music and of the Royal College of Music in London. Besides being a conductor, he is also a pianist and a composer.

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