Biography

CV March 2024
Swiss conductor Emmanuel Siffert is at the moment Principal Conductor and
Artistic Director at the National Chamber Orchestra of Chile in Santiago,
(Mendelssohn 4 formation), and Principal Guest Conductor of the National
Symphony Orchestra of Argentina.
He has been Principal Conductor of the San Juan Symphony Orchestra in
Argentina, Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra in Mexico , European Chamber
Opera, London; Swiss Chamber Orchestra, Aosta Symphony Orchestra, Italy
and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador.
As a Ballet-Conductor, he worked with the English National Ballet, Royal Ballet
Covent Garden, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, among others.
Other orchestras which Emmanuel has conducted include the Philharmonia
Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, China National Symphony Orchestra, Welsh
National Opera, London Mozart Players, Rundfunksinfonieorchester
Saarbrücken, Bucharest Philharmonic “George Enesco” Mexico City
Philharmonic, Johannesburg Philharmonic, Armenian Philharmonic, Plzen
Operahouse Orchestra, Gran Canaria Philharmonic, Spain; Slowenische
Philharmonie, Volgograd Philharmonic, Wiener Mozart Orchester,
Symphonieorchester St. Gallen, Lutoslawski Philharmonie, Wroclaw; Orchestra
della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano; Berner Symphonieprchester, Rubinstein
Philharmony, Lodz; Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Sudwestdeutsche
Philharmonie Konstanz, Bulgarian Symphony, Aguascalientes Symphony,
Michoacán Symphony and Jalapa Symphony in Mexico; Peru National
Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, Montevideo
Philharmonic, Uruguay; Cairo Symphony Orchestra.
Emmanuel has a wide discography; has released several recordings with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra, Swiss
Chamber Orchestra, and Aosta Symphony. His radio recordings include
Rundfunksinfonieorchester Saarbrücken (live), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
(live and studio recordings) and the Swiss Chamber Orchestra (live).
Emmanuel Siffert was assistant conductor at the St. Gallen Opera under John
Neschling until 1997; in 1995 he acted in this capacity at the Opera Festival
Avenches; in 1998 at the Grand Théâtre de Genève under Armin Jordan; in 2001
at the Teatro Lirico Di Cagliari under Rafael Frübeck de Burgos; and in 2001-
2002 under Gerard Korsten. He was also assistant for “The Merry Widow” at the
Lyon Opera house. Further opera work included work with “Opera Valle” in Italy
since 2002, as well as the Nuremberg Opera, the Moldavian Opera in Chisinau,
Opera Peru in Lima, Opera San Juan in Argentina.
He conducted two seasons for the English National Ballet (2003/4 and 2004/5).
He also started working from 2011 with the Royal Ballet Covent Garden.
A number of special projects Emmanuel is involved in include rare Italian
symphonies from the 18th century (edition of orchestral parts), and the recording
and edition of scores of orchestral works by Swiss composers in collaboration
with the record label VDE-GALLO and CLAVES and the music-department of the
University in Lausanne.
Furthermore, he is also involved as a teacher of conducting (incl. Royal College
of Music in London and the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing) and gives
classes in opera scenes for singers in various summer academies, as well as
regular Professor at the Institut of the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.
He was Music Director of the “Saturday Academy” of the Wales International
Academy of Voice. He is the creator of the Online Conducting Method
www.approachtoconducting.com
Emmanuel won the conducting prize at the “Schweizerischen Tonkünstlenverein”
in 1993 and again in 1995. He studied conducting under Horst Stein, Ralf
Weikert, Joma Panula and Carlo Maria Giulini. Studied violin in Salzburg under
Prof. Sandor Végh and performed as a violinist with the Camerata Academia
Salzburg from 1989 to 1994.
For more information, please consult his website at www.emmanuelsiffert.com
and www.approachtoconducting.com

Short Bio
Swiss conductor Emmanuel Siffert is at the moment Principal Conductor and
Artistic Director at the National Chamber Orchestra of Chile in Santiago,
(Mendelssohn 4 formation).
He was the Principal Conductor at the Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra in
Mexico , San Juan Symphony Orchestra in Argentina ,National Symphony
Orchestra in Quito, Ecuador, the European Chamber Opera, London, and the
Orchestra Sinfonica Aosta, Italy, and he conducted regulary ballets at the Teatro
Colon in Buenos Aires.
As a Ballet-Conductor, he worked with the English National Ballet, Royal Ballet
Covent Garden, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Ballet St.-Gallen, National Ballet
of Ecuador, among others.
He studied violin in Salzburg under Prof. Sandor Végh and conducting under
Horst Stein, Ralf Weikert, Joma Panula and Carlo Maria Giulini. Emmanuel won
the conducting prize at the “Schweizerischen Tonkünstlenverein” in 1993 and
again in 1995.
He conducted two seasons for the English National Ballet (2003/4 and
2004/5). Further opera work has included “Opera Valle” in Italy , Opera Lima, as
well as the Nuernberg Opera, and the Moldavian Opera in Chisinau. Orchestral
work has included the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
and London Mozart Players among others. For more information, please consult
his website at www.emmanuelsiffert.com

 

 

Birth             November 1, 1967
Address        PO Box 1356
CH - 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland
Whatsapp      +41 76 377 17 90
Skypename   esiffert
Email            emmanuelsiffert@gmail.com
Website        www.emmanuelsiffert.com
Online conducting book: www.approachtoconducting.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/approachtoconducting
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelsiffertconductor
Instagram: @emmanuel_siffert_conductor

Nationality:    Swiss (Native), Italian, Argentina

Current Position
2022     Principal Conductor and Artistic Director, National Chamber Orchestra of Chile (Mendelssohn 4 formation)
2024     Principal Guest Conductor National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina

Past Positions
2021-2022    Principal Conductor and Artistic Director, Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascalientes, Mexico
2014-2021    Principal Conductor and Artistic Director, Orquesta Sinfónica de San Juan, Argentina
2013-2018    Resident Conductor, Free Opera Company, Zurich, Switzerland
2013-2017    Guest Conductor for Ballet, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
2012-2015    Principal Guest Conductor, Wales Concert Orchestra - UK
2011-2015    Music Director, Wales International Academy of Voice, Saturday Academy
2007-2009    Principal Conductor, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Ecuador, Quito
2000-2010    Principal Conductor, Swiss Chamber Orchestra
2000-2009    Principal Conductor, Orchestra Sinfonica Aosta, Italy
1998-2007    Principal Conductor, European Chamber Opera, London

Teaching-activity
2023              Masterclass for Conducting in Santiago (Chile)
2017-2022    Teacher for Opera-Repertoire-Instituto Superior de Arte Teatro Colón
2016-2023    Buenos Aires – Universidad Cattolica (UCA) Ballet-Conducting
2017-2019    Royal College of Music (RCM) – London - Conducting
2018               China Conservatory of Music – Beijing - Conducting
2010-2021    Masterclasses for Conducting (Quito, Porthcawl, Volgograd)
2008-2014    Coach for Opera in different International Summer-Academies

Education
1994-1995    Conducting with Carlo Maria Giulini (Milan - Study Certificate)
1993-1994    Conducting with Jorma Panula (Helsinki – Study Certificate)
1989-1993    Conducting with E.Körner, H.Stein, R.Weikert (UN Bern-St.Certificate)
1989-1990    Violin with Sandor Végh in Salzburg
1983-1989    Violin, Universities of Fribourg and Basel (Bachelor + PhD)
1986-1989    Chamber music, University of Basel (PhD Degree)

Honors and Awards
2024             “Circulo de Criticos de Arte de Chile” for the season 2023 Chile C.O.
1993,1995    Conducting Prize: “Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein”

Violin career
1990-1994    Violinist “Camerata Academica, Salzburg”

Assistant conductor
2006             Opéra de Lyon – Gérard Korsten
2001-2002    Teatro Lirico di Cagliari – Rafael Frübeck de Burgos/ Gérard Korsten
1998             Grand Théâtre de Genève – Armin Jordan
1995             Opera Festival Avenches
1995-1997    St.-Gallen Opera – John Neschling

Languages
Native            German, French
Fluent            Italian, English, Spanish

Guest, Opera Houses
2013-2018    Free Opera Company, Zürich
2015-2016    ISA – Instituto Superior de Arte – Teatro Colón – Buenos Aires
2012-2014    Opera Volgograd, Russia
2013               Opera-Festival La Perla, Zürich
2010-2013    Teatro Municipal – Lima, Peru
2005-2006    Teatro Nichelino – Torino, Italy
2008               Teatro Sucre – Quito, Ecuador
2002-2006    Moldavian National Opera, Chisinau
2002-2003    Städtische Bühnen, Nürnberg

Ballet
2023             National Ballet of Uruguay
2022             National Ballet of Norway
2022-2023    Ballet-Academy Aguascalientes - Mexico
2020             National Ballet of Ecuador
2018             National Ballet of Vietnam – Ho-Chi-Min
2013-2017    Ballet Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires
2017-2019    Ballet San Juan, Argentina
2012-2013    Ballet Volgograd, Russia
2011-2012    Royal Ballet Covent Garden, London
2002-2003    English National Ballet, London
1997-1998    Ballet Theater St.-Gallen

CD’s
2024                      China National Symphony Orchestra (Wergo – Schott)
2022                      Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra, Mexico
2018 - 2021           San Juan Symphony Orchestra – Argentina (3 CD’s)
2006 - 2020           Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – London (4 CD’s - Naxos)
2016                      Orchestre de l’Haute Ecole de Musique – Lausanne
2012                      Orquesta de la Provincia de Rosario
2001, 2003, 2009    Swiss Chamber Orchestra
2005, 2006, 2007    Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra
2002-2006              Orchestra Sinfonica, Aosta, Italy (4 CD’s)
2005                       Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
2005                       Sofia Symphony Orchestra
2000                       National Symphony Orchestra of South Africa
1997                       Orchestra La Consorterie – Aosta - Italia
1997                       Swiss Youth Chamber Orchestra
1994                       Orchestre de Chambre de Fribourg

Online book about Conducting
www.approachtoconducting.com

Special projects
Orchestral works by Swiss Composers (recording and musical-edition project, in collaboration with the VDE-GALLO label and the Music Department of the University in Lausanne)

Conducted Orchestras (professional contracts)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London
Orchestra of the English National Ballet
London Mozart Players
Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Norsk Opera Orchestra - Oslo
National Symphony Orchestra of South-Africa
Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Armenien Philharmonic Orchestra
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria
Slowenische Philharmonie
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra
Wiener Mozartorchester
Symphonieorchester St.-Gallen

Lutoslawski-Philharmonie Wroclaw
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano
Berner Symphonieorchester
Ensemble 2e2m, Paris
Plzen Opera-Orchestra

Chamber Orchestra Durres, Albania
Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra “George Enescu”
Nordböhmische Philharmonie Teplice
Basler Kammerorchester
Swiss Chamber Orchestra

Sudecka Philharmonie
Rubinstein Philharmony, Lodz
Orchestra Sinfonica Aosta
Dohnanyi Erno Symphony Orchestra Budapest
Orchestra  of European Chamber Opera

Nürnberger Philharmoniker
Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
European Union Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra of the National Opera of Chisinau
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg

Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz
Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Cairo Symphony Orchestra
Moldavian Radio-and Television-Orchestra
KwaZuluNatal Philharmonic Orchestra, Durban, South Africa

Ecuador National Symphonic Orchestra
Loja Symphony Orchestra, Ecuador
Orquesta Sinfónica Uncuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
Orquesta Sinfónica Aguascalientes, México
Rundfunksinfonieorchester Saarbrücken

Cuenca Symphony Orchestra, Ecuador
Orquesta Ciudad de Lima, Perú
Orquesta Sinfonica de Michoacan, México
Welsh Concert Orchestra
Orchestre de Chambre Fribourgeois

Yaquina Chamber Orchestra, Oregon
Montevideo Philharmonic, Uruguay
Asti Filarmonica, Italy
Perú National Symphony Orchestra
Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela

Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa, México
Prag Concert Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra of the Opera Volgograd
Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Filarmonia, Lima, Perú
Orquesta Sinfónica de Rosario, Argentina

Chamber Orchestra CHAARTS, Zürich
Orquesta Sinfónica  San Juan, Argentina
Musikkollegium Winterthur, Switzerland
Orquesta Sinfónica Concepcion, Chile
Orquesta Sinfónica de Salta, Argentina

Sinfonisches Orchester Zürich
Fundación Orquesta Sinfónica de Bogota
Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional Argentina
Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires
Philharmonic Orchestra Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte

Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, Beirut
China National Symphony Orchestra, Beijing
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Cólon, Buenos Aires
Guayacuil Symphony Orchestra, Ecuador
Orquesta Sinfónica de la Provincia de Rio Negro, Argentina

Orquesta Sinfonica Provincial de Santa Fe, Argentina
Ho Chi Minh City Ballet and Opera Orchestra, Vietnam
Orquesta Filarmonica de Chile
Izmir State Symphony Orchestra, Turkey
Colombia National Symphony Orchestra

Orquesta Filarmonica de Mendoza, Argentina
National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba
Orquesta de Cámera de Chile
Arequipa Symphony Orchestra, Peru
National Symphony Orchestra of Paraguay

Orchestre Musique des Lumières
Academia Stefano Tempia. Torino
Orquesta Sinfónica Bahia Blanca - Argentina
National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico
Melos Symphony Orchestra – Torino (Italy)

Uruguay National Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra Entre Rios – Paraná (Argentina)
Orquesta Clasica USACH – Santiago (Chile)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Puebla – México
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Chile

Academic Orchestras
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Gennevilliers
Orchestra „La Consorterie“ – Aosta
Swiss Youth Chamber Orchestra
Landesjugend-Sinfonieorchester des Saarlandes
Orchestra of de Volgograd Music-Academy, Russia

Orquesta Filarmonica Juvenil de Guayaquil, Ecuador
National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Uruguay
Sinfonia por el Perú, Lima
Orchestra of the Royal College of Music, London
Orchestre de l’HEMU (Haute Ecole de Musique) – Lausanne, Switzerland

Orquesta Sinfónica Universidad Autonoma Aguascalientes, México
Orchestra of the China Conservatory of Music, Beijing
Orquesta Fest&Arts – Fundacion Zaldumvide – Quito, Ecuador
Orquesta de la Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Riobamba - Ecuador

Orquesta Academica del Teatro Colon – Buenos Aires
Orquesta Sinfonía de la UDLAP - (Univ. de las Americas - Puebla) - Mexico
Orquesta Academica Universidad Cattolica de Chile - Santiago
Orquesta de Cámara Universidad Cattolica de Chile - Santiago

Youth Orchestras
Orchestre des Jeunes – Fribourg, Switzerland