Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Biography: Andrés Orozco-Estrada is a Colombian violinist and conductor born in Medellín. In 1997, he moved to Vienna, Austria where he was accepted into the conducting class of Uroš Lajovic at the renowned Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst. He first conducted the Tonkunstler Orchestra for a concert at the Vienna Musikverein on June 7, 2004. He later held the position of Music Director of the Tonkunstler Orchestra from 2009 to June 2015. First guest-conducting the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi (Basque National Orchestra) in May 2007, he was Principal Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi from 2009 to June 2013. After guest-conducting the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony) in 2009, he held the position of Principal Conductor from September 2014 to July 2021. From 2014 to 2022, he was the Music Director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra. In September 2015, he also took up the position of Principal Guest Conductor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Years after his guest-conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in 2006 and his debut with the Vienna Philharmonic in autumn 2010, he held the Chief Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra from 2020 to 2022. After collaborating with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai in May 2022, he was appointed principal conductor of the Rai Orchestra for the 23/24 season. He began teaching orchestral conducting at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts in October 2022. From the 25/26 season, he will take up the position of Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the city of Cologne.