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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 worked with many renowned ensembles, orchestras and opera companies worldwide.

In the 24/25 season, she makes her debut with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Münchner Symphoniker and in Japan with Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra and Kobe City Chamber Orchestra. She will also return to the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and Orchestra della Toscana.

On the opera stage, Yashima will debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago with a production of ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’, Opera Australia with a production of ‘La Boheme’ and the Irish National Opera with a production of ‘L’elisir d’amore’.

Recent highlights include performances with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Arena di Verona, WDR Funkhausorchester, North Carolina Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Nürnberger Symphoniker and the Tonkünstler-Orchester.

Future highlights include her debut with The Metropolitan Opera and Zurich Opera and a return to Washington National Opera.

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Dora Michael

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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.

Conductor Erina Yashima signs to Askonas Holt

/15 June 2021

Askonas Holt is delighted to welcome German conductor Erina Yashima to its roster for worldwide management. Erina has been Assistant Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra since September 2019, leading the orchestra in a variety of concerts in addition to assisting Yannick Nézet-Séguin and other guest conductors.

Recent highlights have included a return to the Chicago Symphony and debuts with the San Francisco Symphony, Colorado Music Festival and Teatro di Pisa (Don Giovanni). Forthcoming debuts include Washington National Opera (Così fan tutte), Arena di Verona (Beethoven’s Ninth) and NDR Radiophilharmonie, alongside further concerts with The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Since winning the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprenticeship in 2015, Erina has been mentored by Riccardo Muti. In Chicago she collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma; assisted Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph Eschenbach and Edward Gardner; and formed a relationship with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. A clip from her performance of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony with The Civic can be viewed below.

Erina Yashima will be represented by Jo Fry.

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