Nathanaël Iselin

Nathanaël Iselin
Born1993 (age 32–33)
Châteauroux, France [1]
EducationSibelius Academy, Zurich University of the Arts, Royal Danish Academy of Music, Paris Conservatory
Occupation
Organizations
RelativesIvan Milhiet (half-brother)
Websitenathanael-iselin.com

Nathanaël Iselin (born 1993) is a French conductor. He is Artistic Partner of the Kymi Sinfonietta.

Biography and career

Education

Nathanaël Iselin began his musical studies at the age of 6, learning piano, percussions, music theory, and later orchestra conducting, at the Limoges Conservatory. In 2014, he joined the Orchestre Français des Jeunes as a percussionist.[2] In the following years, he studied orchestra conducting at the Conservatoire de Paris, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, the Zurich University of the Arts, and the Sibelius Academy[1].

Among his regular teachers were Sakari Oramo, Giordano Bellincampi, Michael Schønwandt and Johannes Schlaefli. He also followed masterclasses with Iván Fischer, Mariss Jansons, Fabio Luisi, Thomas Søndergård, Alexander Vedernikov, Simone Young and Jaap van Zweden. He served as assistant conductor to Michael Tilson Thomas, Sir Antonio Pappano, Susanna Mälkki, Vasily Petrenko, and Eva Ollikainen, among others.

Conducting Career

In 2021, Nathanaël Iselin won the First Prize and the Orchestra Prize at the 8th Jorma Panula Conducting Competition.[3] He served for one season as assistant conductor of the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, being the first person to hold that position in Denmark.[4] He was later named conductor in residence of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.[5]

In 2023, Iselin won the Second Prize at the German Conducting Awards,[6] and has since then conducted a number of orchestras in Europe, such as the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Thierry Escaich as a soloist,[7] the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, with Tora Augestad as a soloist,[8] the Copenhagen Philharmonic[9][10], the Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier,[11] the Odense Symphony Orchestra[12], the Oulu Symphony Orchestra[13].

In 2026, Iselin was appointed Artistic Partner of the Kymi Sinfonietta[14], a role in which he will help shape the orchestra’s artistic direction and programming while conducting several concerts each season.

Iselin also works in the field of opera, being a regular guest at Opera Hedeland, where he led productions of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Rossini's La Cenerentola.[15] He also conducted Die Zauberflöte in Stockholm's Folkoperan,[16] and participated in productions such as Die Soldaten with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Philharmonie de Paris,[17] and Smetana's Prodaná nevěsta with the Bern Theatre.[18]

Awards

[3] [6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Concours de Genève, Conducting Candidates 2025". www.concoursgeneve.ch. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  2. ^ "L'Orchestre Français des Jeunes à Aix". www.concertclassic.com. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b "The Jorma Panula Competition, Winners of all times". www.panulacompetition.fi. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Assisterende dirigent Nathanaël Iselin". www.aarhussymfoni.dk. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Nathanaël Iselin, Conductor-in-Residence". www.en.sinfonia.is. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  6. ^ a b "German Conducting Award". www.forum-dirigieren.de. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  7. ^ "The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra: Iselin & Escaich". www.musicanova.fi. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Dødssyndene - Kork og Etikketaten". www.nrk.no. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  9. ^ "Mesterstykker #3: De tre store B'er". www.copenhagenphil.dk. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Musikduellen med Hammer & Cilius". www.copenhagenphil.dk. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  11. ^ "Un jeune prodige dirige un virtuose du hautbois". www.lindependant.fr. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  12. ^ "Hummel & Dvoraks 8". www.odensesymfoni.dk. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  13. ^ "Fantastinen sinfonia". www.oulusinfonia.fi. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  14. ^ "Nathanaël Iselin Kymi Sinfoniettan Taiteelliseksi Partneriksi". kymisinfonietta.fi. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  15. ^ "Dirigent: Nathanaël Iselin". www.operahedeland.dk. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  16. ^ "Trollflöjten". www.folkoperan.se. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  17. ^ "Die Soldaten". www.omm.de. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  18. ^ "Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride), Smetana". www.operabase.com. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
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