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JOSÉ MIGUEL ESANDI
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Born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, José Miguel Esandi appeared as guest conductor at Opera Graz between 2012 and 2015, conducting premieres of L’elisir d’amore, Liebe einer Königin, ballet music by Rachmaninov and Malambo!, a ballet with music by Piazzolla and Ginastera, as well as performances of Manon Lescaut, La bohème and Die Zauberflöte and concert programs.

Engagements elsewhere include La rondine at the Teatro São Carlos and productions of Sacre du printemps, La valse, and Nutcracker with the National Ballet Company of Portugal, the Messiah with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, in Norway, a production of Così fan tutte at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam, La bohème at La Monnaie, Brussels, Rigoletto, Otello and Carmen at the Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy, and La bohème at the Los Angeles Opera and symphonic concerts and L’elisir d’amore in concert, both at Seoul Arts Centre.

Highlights for the  2017-18 season include La Traviata and Die Zauberflöte at Oper Leipzig as well as a return to Seoul for a concert performance of Lucia di Lammermoor.

On the concert stage he has conducted the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Rotterdam Philharmonic, The Hague Philharmonic ‘Residentie’, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Vienna, Orchestre Symphonique et lyrique de Nancy, National Philharmonic of Mexico OFUNAM, Orchestra Sinfonica Portuguesa, Graz Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of Teatro Argentino, among others. Most recently, he gave his debut in Buenos Aires, conducting the Orchestra of Teatro Colón in Grieg and Tchaikovsky. 

José Miguel Esandi started his musical studies as a horn player in his native country of Argentina, where he played in the National Youth Orchestra. He then joined the New World School of the Arts, in Miami, Florida, where he received a Bachelor of Music degree. He went on to study conducting at the University of Music in Vienna, Austria, and graduated in 1998 with a Master’s degree with honors.
 
Between 1999 and 2007, he worked at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague as teacher of conducting and as répétiteur of vocal repertoire. He also conducted the Conservatory's Opera Academy in works such as L’enfant et les sortilèges, Die Zauberflöte, Albert Herring, Smetana’s Two Widows, and Gounod’s La Colombe.
 
Next to his educational work, José Miguel Esandi was assistant conductor to renowned maestros such as Hartmut Haenchen, Carlo Rizzi and Yannick Nézet-Séguin on numerous opera productions at the Dutch National Opera, Flemish Opera, Opéra National de Paris and at the Salzburg Festival, among others.
 
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José Miguel Esandi: Trailer, various works

“From the overture onwards, it was clear that the conductor José Miguel Esandi was completely at home in this repertoire; he kept a close rapport with singers and orchestra and expertly juggled the score’s humour.”
 
Opera Magazine, Rossini, Le Comte Ory - Dorset Opera, October 2017

José Miguel Esandi

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José Miguel Esandi

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