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From: Cali, Colombia. LA Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor (2022, debut); The Rape of Lucretia (2023); The Last Dream of Frida and Diego (2023); Fire and Blue Sky (2025); Dracula: The Spanish Version (2024); Romeo and Juliet (2024); Angel Blue concert (2025); Ainadamar (2025); La Bohème (2025). She became Resident Conductor in 2022.

"A show of raw power, an aural force to glue you to your seat.” – Los Angeles Times 

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. 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 2025/26 season starts with an extensive tour with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Anne-Sophie Mutter as soloists, performing across France, Germany and Austria, followed by debuts with Orquestra Sinfonica de Mineria, Tulsa, Grand Rapids and Omaha symphonies, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan, Istanbul State Orchestra, Franz Schubert Filharmonia and National Orchestra of Spain. This season Lina will be returning to the Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco and Kristiansand Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, National Symphony Dublin, Orchestre Métropolitain and LA Opera to lead the production of La Bohème in the fall of 2025.  

Recent highlights include debuts with Opera Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Atlanta, New World, New Jersey Symphonies, National Arts Center Ottawa Sarasota and Minnesota Orchestra, Aalborg Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia. During her tenure at LA Opera, Lina led a highly acclaimed production of Britten’s The 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. 

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. 

Learn more at LinaGonzalezGranados.com.

Read a feature article about her here.

Read the LA Times review of her 2022 LA Philharmonic debut here.

From: Glendive, Montana. LA Opera: He became Chorus Director in 2022, after working on over 75 productions as associate chorus director and/or assistant conductor. He is a coach for the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program.

Since joining LA Opera in 2007, he has served as associate chorus director (since 2011) and assistant conductor, and he has worked closely with the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program. Before becoming Chorus Director, he previously directed the LA Opera Chorus for the Plácido Domingo 50th Anniversary Concert (2017) and for The Clemency of Titus (2019). One of his generation’s most respected pianists and vocal coaches, he has collaborated with major opera houses throughout the United States. He has assisted in the preparation of operas and vocal chamber music at the LA Philharmonic. As a pianist, he has partnered with Sondra Radvanovsky, J'Nai Bridges, Eric Owens, Brandon Jovanovich, Rodell Rosel, Dolora Zajick, Kate Lindsey and Susan Graham. He accompanied Joyce DiDonato at the 54th Grammy Awards, the first time the ceremony featured a performance by a classical singer.

In partnership with the Getty Villa and LACMA in Los Angeles and the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., he has curated multimedia recitals which draw connections between the classical vocal repertoire and special exhibits in the museums. He is a frequent collaborator at Wolf Trap Opera as an assistant conductor, chorus master and recitalist. He has been a guest coach at the Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen, in Esterhazy, Austria, and he helped prepare Seattle Opera’s Ring cycle in 2013. He has been a guest faculty member for young artist programs at Utah Opera and Seattle Opera, and he is a part-time lecturer in vocal arts and opera at the University of Southern California. (JeremyMFrank.com)