The Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda, 58, has extended his contract as Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington by two years, through the 2026-2027 season.
Noseda, now in his fifth season as music director, was named as the NSO’s seventh music director in 2016. He served as principal guest conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg and the Israel Philharmonic, and as music director for the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester, England, and the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy. Since September, he is at the helm of the Zurich Opera House.