Photo by Todd Rosenberg Photography 2022
Photo by Todd Rosenberg Photography 2022
Photo by Todd Rosenberg Photography 2022
Photo by Todd Rosenberg Photography 2022
Photo by Todd Rosenberg Photography 2022
Scheherazade with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Jessie Montgomery’s “Strum” with the NEC Philharmonia
Ravel Tzigane – Gulbenkian Musica
Shostakovich with the NEC Philharmonia

“A show of raw power, an aural force to glue you to your seat.”

Los Angeles Times

“[González-Granados] emphasized the lyrical sweep of Beethoven’s music, integrating its shifting emotions into a cohesive whole… and the soaring, romantic melodies of Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 were an ideal showcase for Gonzalez-Granados’s ability to sculpt rich, heartfelt orchestral sound.”

Chicago Sun-Times

“In her Opera Philadelphia debut, conductor Lina González-Granados brought out a sweeping grandeur in the orchestra when necessary, but her approach was most notable for threading a seamless narrative needle across the cantata’s seven movements.”

Backtrack

“She has clear technique and a way with phrase-shaping that tells a compelling story — qualities that make a good case for her return in other repertoire.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Indeed, as presented by Los Angeles Opera, the urgency and in-your-face elements of an octet of singers and a 13-piece LAO ensemble, insightfully led by Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados, gave new meaning to the words intimacy, clarity, and beauty, all wrapped in a damning and brutal storyline.”

San Francisco Classical Voice

Praised for her “rich, heartfelt orchestral sound” (Chicago Sun-Times), “rhythmic vitality” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “raw power” (LA Times), Colombian American conductor Lina González-Granados has distinguished herself nationally and internationally as a singular talent. Her spectacular interpretations of the symphonic and operatic repertoire, as well as her dedication to highlighting new and unknown works by Latin American composers, have earned her international recognition. Most recently, she was named one of Bloomberg Línea’s 100 Influential Latinos of 2022. She is also the recipient of the 2021 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the Third Prize and ECHO Special Award (European Concert Hall Organization) of La Maestra Competition, and the 2020 and 2021 Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award.

After winning the Fourth Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition, Lina was named the Solti Conducting Apprentice and served as the assistant to Maestro Riccardo Muti from February 2020 through June 2023. In the fall of 2022, she was appointed Resident Conductor by the LA Opera, a post she will hold through June 2028. She has also previously held positions as the Inaugural Conducting Fellow of the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as the Conducting fellow of the Seattle Symphony.

Lina’s 2026-27 season consists of debuts with the Zürich Philharmonic, Istanbul State Orchestra, Franz Schubert Philharmonia, Orquesta Comunidad de Madrid, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá and Calgary Philharmonic. She will also make her opera debuts with Indiana University’s production of The Cook Off and Rice University’s production of Eurydice. This season Lina will be returning to the San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Los Angeles Opera to lead the productions of Candide and Las tres mujeres de Jerusalén.

Recent highlights include an extensive tour with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Anne-Sophie Mutter as the soloist, debuts and returning performances with Opera Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, Indianapolis, Tulsa, Grand Rapids, Omaha, Atlanta, New World, New Jersey, Aalborg, Kristiansand Symphonies, National Arts Center Ottawa, Sarasota, Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras, National Symphony Dublin, New York and Rochester Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Orchestre Métropolitain, National Orchestra of Spain, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan. During her tenure at LA Opera, Lina lead a highly acclaimed production of Britten’s Rape of Lucretia with LA Opera — which San Francisco Classical Voice called an “insightfully led” performance which “gave new meaning to the words intimacy, clarity, and beauty, all wrapped in a damning and brutal storyline” — ; El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, the LA Opera rendition of a new musical portrait from GRAMMY-winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank, as well as Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz as well as Golijov’s haunting Ainadamar in the spring of 2025. In July 2026 Lina led the Mexico premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s acclaimed ballet Revolución Diamantina in Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, featuring Urtext Orchestra.

Born and raised in Cali, Colombia, Lina made her conducting debut in 2008 with the Youth Orchestra of Bellas Artes. She holds a master’s degree in conducting with Charles Peltz, a graduate diploma in choral conducting from New England Conservatory with Erica Washburn, and a doctor of musical arts in orchestral conducting from Boston University. Her principal mentors include Riccardo Muti, Yannick Nézet- Séguin, Bernard Haitink, Bramwell Tovey, and Marin Alsop.

2026-2027