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Chief Conductor

Hannu Lintu

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In the 2024–25 season, Hannu Lintu will continue his tenure as Music Director of Orquestra Gulbenkian and Chief Conductor of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet. He has also recently been appointed as Artistic Partner of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, starting in autumn 2025.

His performance highlights this season include his debut at Bregenzer Festspiele and return engagements with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Oregon Symphony.

Lintu’s numerous recordings for Ondine, BIS, Naxos, Avie and Hyperion have received several accolades, including two ICMA awards and two GRAMMY nominations.

Lintu studied cello and piano at the Sibelius Academy, where he also later studied conducting with Jorma Panula. In addition to this, he has participated in masterclasses with Myung-Whun Chung at the L’Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. Lintu took first prize at the Nordic Conducting Competition in Bergen in 1994. To find out more, visit his website at hannulintu.fi