Musicians
Mirroring Dallas’s cosmopolitan landscape, the musicians of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra have come from around the globe to make exceptional music here. Meet the artists who help the DSO achieve its international acclaim.
Fabio Luisi
Grammy Award-winning Italian conductor Fabio Luisi is set to embark on his seventh season as Louise W. & Edmund J. Kahn Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, his tenth as Principal Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and his fifth as Principal Conductor of Tokyo’s NHK Orchestra. Also serving as Music Director of Puglia’s Festival della Valle d’Itria and Emeritus Conductor of Turin’s RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Luisi is a maestro of major international standing, who has previously held key positions at orchestras and opera houses including the Dresden Staatskapelle, Vienna Symphony, Zurich Opera, and Metropolitan Opera in New York. Praised for his “vivid, idiomatic conducting” (The Wall Street Journal) and “distinguished and authoritative” leadership (The New York Times), he is “an artist of true distinction, an interpreter in possession of a bold, unique, and clearly discernible voice” (Cleveland Plain Dealer).
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Shira Samuels-Shragg
American conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg is dedicated to creating vibrant and welcoming orchestral experiences for musicians and audiences alike. She is Fellow Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Her subscription debut in Dallas was praised for bringing “shape, purpose, and fastidious detailing of dynamic contrasts and nuances” to the podium (Dallas Morning News).
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Jeff Tyzik
GRAMMY® Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought after pops conductors. Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. This is the thirteenth season that Tyzik has held The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He also serves as Principal Pops Conductor of both the Detroit Symphony and the Oregon Symphony. The 2023/24 season will mark Tyzik’s 30th season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Tyzik made his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra in July 2022 at the Blossom Festival and will conduct the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra in the 23/24 season.
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Enrico Lopez-Yañez
Enrico Lopez-Yañez is redefining what it means to be a conductor in the 21st Century.
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Anthony Blake Clark
Anthony Blake Clark is a leading voice among his generation of choral conductors, in demand by amateur and professional ensembles alike for his “readily apparent musicality” (Baltimore Sun) and his conviction that classical music can transform lives onstage and in the audience.
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Vacant
Though currently vacant, the Composer-in-Residence has been recently held by Sophia Jani (2023-2026) and Angélica Negrón (2021-2023).
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Though currently vacant, the Principal Guest Conductor has been recently held by Gemma New (2019-2023) and Claus Peter Flor (1999-2008).
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