As a music director and conductor who is committed to diversity, collaboration, innovation and education, Sarah Ioannides invigorates programming and inspires audiences. Praised by the New York Times for her “unquestionable strength and authority”, she is Music Director of Washington State’s Symphony Tacoma. Sarah Ioannides is also the newly appointed Director of Orchestral Activities and Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the School of Fine Arts with Boston University.
Internationally, Sarah Ioannides has conducted on six continents with major orchestras including the Tonkünstler, the Royal Philharmonic, Orchestre Nationale de Lyon, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, the Flemish Radio Konzerthausorchester, Bilbao Symphony, and some of the world’s greatest National Youth Orchestras, including the South African National Youth Orchestra, Andalusian Youth Orchestra and the Simón Bolívar Orchestra.
Sarah began her career with the Cincinnati Symphony, appointed Ioannides as the first woman appointed to a full-time conducting position and she has since conducted extensively in the United States including the Buffalo Philharmonic, Charleston Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Hawai’i Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Rochester Philharmonic, San Antonio Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony (untitled series) and the Toledo Symphony.
A coach and mentor for many young musicians and conductors, she is Artistic Director of Cascade Conducting and Composing, and coaches for The Curtis Institute of Music’s Mentor Network. Sarah Ioannides is in demand as guest speaker, presenter and conductor for institutions, organizations, conservatories and universities.
“The other big discovery was guest conductor Sarah Ioannides…vigorous, solid, and with an unusually vibrant sonority. Her programming ideas were provocative”
-David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Enquirer
What’s New
The Phoenix Symphony
The Phoenix Symphony
Richard Lin, violin | Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps | Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major | Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo & Juliet
The Phoenix Symphony
The Phoenix Symphony
Richard Lin, violin | Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps | Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major | Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo & Juliet
Symphony Tacoma
Symphony Tacoma
Roman Rabinovich, piano | Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture | Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 | Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite
Boston University Symphony Orchestra
Boston University Symphony Orchestra
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (Conductor, Daniel Parsley) | Montgomery: Coincident Dances (Conductor, Joshua Roach) | Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (Conductor, Sarah Ioannides)
Concert Preview: The Phoenix Symphony
Phoenix-born violinist Richard Lin returns to perform Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto. Symphony Tacoma Music Director Sarah Ioannides conducts a springtime celebration of young love in Selections from Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo & Juliet and the brief, impressionistic D’un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning) by Lili Boulanger.
Concert Preview: Symphony Tacoma “A Legacy in Bloom”
Symphony Tacoma presents “A Legacy in Bloom” featuring works by Brahms, Debussy, and Artiuniun on February 22 @2:30pm in the Pantages Theater.
Concert Wrap Up: BU Today “Music Makers”
Music Makers: The BU Symphony Orchestra held their first concert of the spring semester at Tsai Performance Center, February 13.