Young brought contemporary music to the fore during her time in Hamburg.

This period was further distinguished by many World and German Premieres, as Ms. Young dedicated herself nearly exclusively to that house, conducting numerous premieres and a diverse repertoire with performance of such wide-ranging composers as Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Strauss, Hindemith, Britten and Henze. Young’s previous titled positions include: Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (2017-2020), Principal Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic (1998-2002) Artistic Director of Opera Australia (2001-2003) Principal Guest Conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon Artistic Director of the Hamburg State Opera and Chief Music Director of the Hamburg Philharmonic (2005-2015).ĭuring her tenure in Hamburg, Ms. Since July 2022 Simone Young is Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

This launched her international career, which has taken her to all important opera houses and symphony orchestras around the world.Īs a guest conductor in the 2022/23 season she leads productions at the Opéra de Paris (“Salome”), at the Vienna State Opera (“Elektra” and “Die Fledermaus”), at the Metropolitan Opera (“Der Rosenkavalier”), while concert invitations lead her to the stages of the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Orchestre national de France, the Orquesta nacional de España, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Philharmonia Zürich and the Orchestre national de Lyon. After completing her musical studies in her native Sydney, she began her career on the podium in Germany.

Simone Young is considered one of the most important conductors of our time.

Conductor of metropolitan opera