We are proud to announce Ukrainian-Polish conductor Yaroslav Shemet joining Artist Management Worldwide for general management. At 28, Yaroslav Shemet holds the position of Artistic Director with the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice and General Music Director of the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk. After completing his studies at the special talent conducting class at the Kharkiv Conservatory, exceptionally gifted Yaroslav Shemet was conducting orchestras in Europe and Asia from a young age. Following further conducting training in Poznań and Vienna, he worked as assistant conductor with Oksana Lyniv at the Youth Orchestra of Ukraine, guest conductor at Lviv Opera and Odesa Opera, chief conductor of the Lviv International Symphony Orchestra and first guest conductor of the Neue Philharmonie in Hamburg. Yaroslav Shemet’s recent and future engagements include a debut with the Polish National Opera in a new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, final instalments of Mahler’s symphony cycle with the Silesian Philharmonic, and a debut with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Warsaw Autumn Festival.

A.Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 (excerpt)
2023 Silesian Philharmonic Hall Katowice (Poland)
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