With Herbert Blomstedt one of the great conductors of our time returns to the podium of the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER. Amongst others he was chief-conductor of San Francisco Symphony, the Staatskapelle Dresden and of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. He is also conductor laureate of numerous other Orchestras. Herbert Blomstedt appears with the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER already for the fifth time after 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2015.

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World-renowned German baritone Christian Gerhaher returns to the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER for the fourth time after 2010 (with Herbert Blomstedt), 2016 (with Philippe Jordan) and 2017 (with Daniel Harding). A regular guest at all major opera houses and concert halls, Christian Gerhaher is widely regarded as one of the most eminent Lied and concert singers of our time, and many leading orchestras, concert halls and festivals have invited him as artist in residence

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The great British conductor Jonathan Nott, Music and Artist Director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, music director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and former long-time principal conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, will lead the GMJO for the third time after the 2009 Summer Tour and the 2015 Easter Tour.

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Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Zhidkova, at home on all the world's major stages and most recently on the Easter tour of the GMJO in Lisbon in 2015 as Judith in Béla Bartók's opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle, returns to the GMJO as a soloist.

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At the beginning of the 2018/19 season, Austrian conductor Tobias Wögerer, who studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar with Nicholas Pasquet and Ekhart Wycik, was appointed assistant conductor of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. He makes his debut with the GMJO during its Easter Tour 2019 with two concerts in Lisbon.

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The Austrian-Serbian pianist Anika Vavic looks back on a long career. She works regularly with many great conductors and orchestras, including Valery Gergiev, Paavo Järvi and Vladimir Jurowski. She makes her debut with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester together with Tobias Wögerer at the Lisbon Residence.

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