ErinaYashima

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About Erina

German-born conductor Erina Yashima was the First Kapellmeister at the Komische Oper Berlin from 2022 to 2024 and has conducted many renowned ensembles, orchestras and opera companies worldwide.

In the 2025/26 season, Erina will make her debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz and Omaha Symphony Orchestra. She will also return to the Orchestra della Toscana and Civic Orchestra of Chicago. On the opera stage, Yashima will make her debut at the Metropolitan Opera with The Magic Flute and return to Opera Australia with Madame Butterfly, following a highly acclaimed debut in August 2025.

Recent highlights include performances with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Münchner Symphoniker, Tonkünstler-Orchester, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Seoul Philharmonic, and at the Salzburg Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, English National Opera, Irish National Opera, Bregenz Festival, Arena di Verona and Teatro Verdi di Pisa.

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Dora Michael

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Season Highlights

Aug 2025
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Puccini: LA BOHEME Director: Gale Edwards Mimi: Olivia Cranwell Rodolfo: Kang Wang / Iain Henderson Musetta: Rachelle Durkin Opera Australia Orchestra & Chorus
Dec 2025
The Metropolitan Opera, New York
Mozart: THE MAGIC FLUTE Director: Julie Taymor Pamina: Erin Morley Queen of the Night: Aigul Khismatullina Tamino: Joshua Blue Papageno: Joshua Hopkins Sarastro: Matthew Rose Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Apr 2026
Teatro Verdi, Florence
György Ligeti: Concert Românesc Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto Op. 53 Georges Bizet: Symphony in C major Elly Suh, violin Orchestra della Toscana
Jun 2026
Rudolfinum, Prague
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Chopin: Variations on Là ci darem la mano for piano and orchestra Berlioz: Harold in Italy Martin Kasík piano Josef Špaček viola Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

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  • Bloch and Dvorak with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
    Jan 2023
    • Antonín Dvořák's wonderfully refreshing Symphony No. 5 op. In 76, Erina Yashima created a tremendous liveliness and gave free rein to the joy of playing of her NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra.

  • Philadelphia Orchestra on its opening night at SPAC in Saratoga Springs, July 28 2022

    Saratoga Performing Arts Center
    Jul 2022
    • Yashima is a firebrand on the podium. Her conducting style is precise with a taut clear beat and a forceful energy that electrifies not only the musicians but the audience. She’s totally focused and utterly joyous in what’s she’s doing and getting superb results. Even in the traditional opening of the “Star Spangeled Banner” in which many in the audience sang, the music sounded almost as if we’d never heard it before." "The program opened with Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture” (1954) with its big brassy introduction that leads to colorful and fast melodies before returning to its thrilling conclusion. The orchestra sounded fabulous and with Yashima’s propulsive tempos, the music jumped off the page. A friend said after the cheers, standing ovation and loud clapping that he’d follow Yashima anywhere.

  • Washington National Opera’s ‘Così fan tutte’ at the Kennedy Center, March 2022

    Kennedy Center
    Mar 2022
    • Led by conductor Erina Yashima, the WNO Orchestra performed with ramped-up vigor, riding Mozart’s melodic updrafts (the ones that counter the story’s downward spiral) and contributing some of the evening’s best comic timing.