Today, the board of New York City Opera announced the appointment of Constantine Orbelian as the organization’s new Executive Director & Music Director, succeeding General Director Michael Capasso.
American conductor Constantine Orbelian, 68, was Chief Conductor of the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra in Lithuania, and Artistic Director of the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Yerevan, Armenia.
Born in San Francisco to Ukrainian and Armenian emigré parents, Mr. Orbelian made his performing debut as a piano prodigy with the San Francisco Symphony at the age of 11. After graduating from Juilliard in New York, he embarked on a career as a piano virtuoso that included appearances with major symphony orchestras.
