One of today's most exciting talents, Nicolas Waldvogel is guest conductor of the State Philharmonic “Dinu Lipatti”, and Director of the Conservatory Orchestra at the University of the Pacific. Active in opera and in the symphonic repertoires, both in Europe and in the United States, he has guest conducted the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, among other great orchestras. His recent credits include a performance of Ives immense Fourth Symphony, Verdi’s La Traviata, Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte, Bach’s B-minor Mass, and the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos.

After obtaining a Ph. D. in Music History from Yale University, Nicolas Waldvogel was invited to the Tanglewood Festival as a Conducting Fellow. His teachers included Gustav Meier, John Nelson and Seiji Ozawa. He assisted Horst Stein at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, for a production of Wagner’s Ring der Nibelungen. He then led the Family Concerts of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He has appeared in concert with Yo-Yo Ma, and with Alan Gilbert.