Biography
Conductor
Juraj Valčuha
Juraj Valčuha has been music director of the Houston Symphony since June 2022. He was previously music director of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples from 2016 to 2022, chief conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai from 2009 to 2016, and first guest conductor of the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra.
Valčuha’s recent engagements include the Chicago Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre National de France, and Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra. On the opera stage, he has led productions at the Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Opera di Roma. He has also appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, London Philharmonia, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Filarmonica della Scala, and NHK Symphony.
Born in Bratislava, Slovakia, Valčuha studied composition and conducting in his hometown as well as in Saint Petersburg and Paris. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in May 2013 as a Shenson Young Artist.
Valčuha’s recent engagements include the Chicago Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre National de France, and Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra. On the opera stage, he has led productions at the Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Opera di Roma. He has also appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, London Philharmonia, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Filarmonica della Scala, and NHK Symphony.
Born in Bratislava, Slovakia, Valčuha studied composition and conducting in his hometown as well as in Saint Petersburg and Paris. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in May 2013 as a Shenson Young Artist.
