Thierry Fischer has been Music Director of the Utah Symphony since 2009 and will finish his final term in Summer 2022, becoming Music Director Emeritus. He has been Principal Guest of the Seoul Philharmonic since 2017 (contract extended to the end of 2020). In March 2020 he begins a new position as Music Director of the São Paulo Symphony. He has led Utah Symphony in annual single composer cycles including Mahler, Ives and Nielsen; he has also released acclaimed performances of Mahler’s symphonies 1 and 8 on Reference Records, the latter with the world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir. 2019 saw the...
Thierry Fischer
Conductor
ManagersStefana Atlas
Territory
North America
Press Resources
He conducts with both clarity and passion… Utah is lucky to have this conductor.
Chicago Sun Times, July 2013
Fischer’s conducting is concise and considered, with a thrilling knack for holding energy levels at brimming point without letting a drop spill over.
Guardian, January 2013
The Swiss conductor is the real thing - a musician of clear intelligence, technical skill, and podium personality, drawing performances that blended impeccable balancing, textural clarity and fizzing exhilaration…
Chicago Classical Review, July 2013