Elias Grandy
Conductor
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Elias Grandy is back in Frankfurt, where he made his debut with Delius’ A Village Romeo and Juliet in 2019/20, which was followed by Werther, for this revival of Tosca. Born to a German-Japanese family, he studied in Munich, Basel and Berlin before being named 1st Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater in Darmstadt. He won 2nd Prize the 2015 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Competition in Frankfurt and was General Music Director of Heidelberg’s Theatre and Orchestra from 2015 - 2023. Recent concert work has included appearances with the hr-Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Orchestre du Capitol de Toulouse the Utah Symphony and Minnesota orchestras. He was Conductor in Residence of the Robert Schumann Philharmonie in Chemnitz during the 2023/24 season. Recent operatic work has included Elektra and Carmen at Minnesota Opera, Un ballo in maschera at the Aalto Theater in Essen, Rusalka at Portland Opera and Carmen at Nikikai Opera inTokyo. He took up the post of Chief Conductor of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra in April 2025 and makes his debut at the Semperoper in Dresden in 2026.