ErinaYashima
- Conductor
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.
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
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News
Metropolitan Opera 2025/26 Season to feature 32 Askonas Holt artists
Erina Yashima debuts with hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt
Erina Yashima debuts at English National Opera
Erina Yashima makes her opera main stage debut with Washington National Opera
Erina Yashima joins Komische Oper Berlin as First Kapellmeister
Conductor Erina Yashima signs to Askonas Holt
Press
Bloch and Dvorak with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Elbphilharmonie HamburgJan 2023Antonín 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.
- Hamburger Abendblatt
- 20 January 2023
Philadelphia Orchestra on its opening night at SPAC in Saratoga Springs, July 28 2022
Saratoga Performing Arts CenterJul 2022Yashima 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.
- The Daily Gazette
- 28 July 2022
Washington National Opera’s ‘Così fan tutte’ at the Kennedy Center, March 2022
Kennedy CenterMar 2022Led 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.
- The Washington Post
- 13 March 2022