The Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera welcome their new Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Ari Pelto this weekend. The position of Principal Conductor was vacant since 2015. Finnish-American conductor Ari Pelto is also Music Director at Opera Colorado since 2015.
Pelto studied at Oberlin Conservatory, Indiana University and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He has held positions with the Sarasota Symphony, Opera Colorado and The Boston Lyric Opera.