Immediately after completing his graduate studies in conducting and violin at the New England Conservatory in May 2011, Joshua Weilerstein was named assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic.  In May 2009, Mr Weilerstein, then twenty-one years old, was named the winner of the international 2009 Malko Competition for Young Conductors in Copenhagen. His first-prize honors included conducting engagements over three years with such major Scandinavian orchestras as the Oslo Philharmonic, the Helsinki Philharmonic, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, and the Danish National Symphony, among others. One month later, in the first of this series of Malko engagements, Joshua made his professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Last season included concerts with the Tapiola Sinfonietta, the Malmö Symphony, the Norrköping Symphony and CityMusic Cleveland, a return engagement with the South Jutland Symphony, and his debut with the Houston Symphony. He also conducted a series of youth and school concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a Dudamel Fellow and performed as a soloist with the Boston New Music Initiative and as a guest member of A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra ... read full bio

Immediately after completing his graduate studies in conducting and violin at the New England Conservatory in May 2011, Joshua Weilerstein was named assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic.  In May 2009, Mr Weilerstein, then twenty-one years old, was named the winner of the international 2009 Malko Competition for Young Conductors in Copenhagen. His first-prize honors included conducting engagements over three years with such major Scandinavian orchestras as the Oslo Philharmonic, the Helsinki Philharmonic, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, and the Danish National Symphony, among others. One month later, in the first of this series of Malko engagements, Joshua made his professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Last season included concerts with the Tapiola Sinfonietta, the Malmö Symphony, the Norrköping Symphony and CityMusic Cleveland, a return engagement with the South Jutland Symphony, and his debut with the Houston Symphony. He also conducted a series of youth and school concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a Dudamel Fellow and performed as a soloist with the Boston New Music Initiative and as a guest member of A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra.

In 2011-12 season he makes debuts with the Toronto Symphony, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, the Oslo Philharmonic, the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, the Finnish Radio Symphony, the Northern Sinfonia and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, among others, and returns to the Aalborg Symphony and the Danish National Symphony.

In the summer of 2009, Joshua participated in the prestigious American Academy of Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS), where he studied with David Zinman and was awarded the Robert J. Harth Conductor Prize. After attending the AMFS in 2010, Joshua was named the winner of the Aspen Conducting Prize, which carries with it the honor of serving as the AMFS Assistant Conductor in the summer of 2011 and leading two programs with the Aspen Concert Orchestra.  In May 2011 Joshua received his dual Master of Music degrees in orchestral conducting with Hugh Wolff and in violin with Lucy Chapman.

In 2007, Mr. Weilerstein was invited to appear as violin soloist with the Símon Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela.  Continuing his association with that organization, in 2007 he was also invited to become its first non-Venezuelan guest member, joining the first violin section on the orchestra’s acclaimed American tour with Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. In January 2010, Joshua was invited to conduct the SBYOV for his debut performance as a conductor with the ensemble.  Currently living in New York, he serves as concertmaster of Discovery Ensemble, a Boston-based chamber orchestra established by young musicians dedicated to bringing music to children through interactive workshops in schools and community concerts.

Last updated October 2011. Contact Opus 3 Artists for the most up-to-date version.