Concert Programs

Conductor

Gemma New

New Zealander · 1986

Gemma New, born in 1986, is a conductor from New Zealand. She studied the violin and took a music degree at the University of Canterbury, then trained as a conductor at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. Early posts in North America included a Dudamel Fellowship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, resident conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in Canada and principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Since 2022 she has been artistic advisor and principal conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. She received the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award in 2021.

With

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Conducts

Upcoming

Sources 3

  1. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Cited in The Rite of Spring in the Gashouder, with Abel Selaocoe. Accessed 8 October 2026.
  2. Gemma New, conductor, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Cited in The Rite of Spring in the Gashouder, with Abel Selaocoe. Accessed 8 October 2026.
  3. Gemma New, Wikipedia Cited in The Rite of Spring in the Gashouder, with Abel Selaocoe. Accessed 8 October 2026.