Peter Oundjian
(c) Sian Richards
The Colorado Symphony announced that Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian will be elevated to Music Director, agreeing to a four-year contract beginning in the 2025/26 Season.
« For many years, it has been my great pleasure to work with the extraordinary musicians of the Colorado Symphony, first as a frequent guest conductor and most recently as their Principal Conductor,” said Oundjian. “I am profoundly honored to step into the role of Music Director and to continue our musical journey together.”
With a career spanning five decades, 68-year-old Canadian Peter Oundjian began as a solo violinist, and first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet, followed by an international conducting career leading orchestras in virtually every major musical center in the world. After a 14-year tenure as the Music Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and six years at the helm of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra,
Oundjian was named Music Director of the Colorado Music Festival in 2019 and continues in that role.
He joined the Colorado Symphony as Principal Conductor prior to the 2022/23 Season and has overseen the orchestra’s remarkable emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic, presiding over the most successfulperiod for the orchestra this century.
