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
Symphony Tacoma
Symphony Tacoma
Piano, Xiaohui Yang | Sibelius: Pan and Echo "Dance Intermezzo No.3" | Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 | Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919)
Symphony Tacoma
Symphony Tacoma
Violin, Rubén Rengel | Piazzola: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires | Carreño: Serenade for Strings | Barber: Adagio for Strings | Still: Danzas de Panama
Massachusetts's All State Concert at Boston Symphony Hall
Massachusetts's All State Concert at Boston Symphony Hall
Verdi: La Forza del Destino | Selections from Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 & Price: Symphony No.1
Boston University Symphony Orchestra
Boston University Symphony Orchestra
Boston University Symphonic Chorus| Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Conductor, Daniel Parsley | Rosner: Symphony No.85 "Trinity" - Conductor, Ken Amis | Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite | Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe Suite No.2
Concert Preview: Boston University Chamber Orchestra
Concluding this semester’s series of orchestral concerts, Boston University Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sarah Ioannides presents a program of comedy, romantic landscapes, and the pioneering American spirit.
Concert Preview: Symphony Tacoma presents “Holiday Favorites”
Get into the holiday spirit with our lively Holiday Favorites concert featuring all the classics you love!
Concert Preview: Symphony Tacoma presents “Passion & Intrigue”
Symphony Tacoma is ready to ignite the concert stage with its upcoming “Passion & Intrigue” concert, a special homecoming concert featuring two-time Grammy award winner J’Nai Bridges. On Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m., the historic Pantages Theater will come alive with a dramatic fusion of fiery Spanish themes, exotic tales from the East, and powerful operatic moments, creating an evening of intense emotion and mesmerizing storytelling expertly conducted by Symphony Tacoma Music Director Sarah Ioannides.