LPO Fellow Conductors: Charlotte Politi and Luis Castillo-Briceño |
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) has introduced its inaugural Fellow Conductors. Luis Castillo-Briceño and Charlotte Politi will likely be Fellow Conductors for the 2023/24 season and be guided by the LPO’s Principal Conductor, Edward Gardner. They’ll turn out to be absolutely immersed within the lifetime of the LPO, working intensively with the Orchestra over a interval of 6-8 non-consecutive weeks.
Luis Castillo-Briceño has been an Equilibrium Younger Artist for the reason that 2020/21 season, mentored by Barbara Hannigan, whom he has assisted with orchestras such because the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. As properly, he served as creative director and chief conductor of the Junges Kammerorchester Zürich from 2019-21
Charlotte Politi is at present the Fixed Lambert Conducting Fellow with The Royal Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet. For the 2022/23 season, she is among the assistant conductors of the Metropolis of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra the place she made her debut in March 2022 when she stepped in for Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.
Additional info from the LPO web site.