SamWeller

Originally from Australia, Sam Weller was one of six ‘designated winners’ of the International Conducting Competition Rotterdam 2025, which saw him conduct ensembles such as the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Klangforum Wien and Orchestra of the 18th Century.

Sam is enjoying a blossoming career in The Netherlands and Australia with recent debuts including the Tasmanian, Queensland and West Australian Symphonies and conducting Opera Australia’s 70th anniversary gala concert in Melbourne. Recently he also returned to the Adelaide Symphony and Noord Nederlands Orkest. In the past Sam has led performances with The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, PHION, Phil Zuid and a national tour of Die Zauberflöte with Opera2Day and LUDWIG Orchestra.

Coming up Sam will return to the Royal Conservatoire, Den Haag to conduct performances of Britten’s War Requiem and, in 2027, he will lead the Melbourne run of Opera Australia’s production of the Magic Flute.

Sam founded Ensemble Apex in 2016, which has been hailed as ‘one of the most exciting new ensembles on the Sydney scene’ (Limelight Magazine). In 2024 they launched Apex Festival supported by the Australian Government - a cutting edge new orchestral music festival in Australia.

In 2022, Sam graduated from the prestigious National Masters of Orchestral Conducting in The Netherlands where he studied with Ed Spanjaard, Jac Van Steen, Kenneth Montgomery OBE and guest professor Antony Hermus. Sam is a guest lecturer and conductor at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Koninklijk Conservatoire - Den Haag.