Nathanaël ISELIN

Conducting Career

In 2021, Nathanaël Iselin won the First Prize and the Orchestra Prize at the 8th Jorma Panula Conducting Competition. He served for one season as assistant conductor of the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, being the first person to hold that position in Denmark. He was later named conductor in residence of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.

In 2023, Iselin won the Second Prize at the German Conducting Awards, and has since then conducted a number of orchestras in Europe, such as the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Thierry Escaich as a soloist, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, with Tora Augestad as a soloist, the Copenhagen Philharmonic , the Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier, the Odense Symphony Orchestra , the Oulu Symphony Orchestra .

In 2026, Iselin was appointed Artistic Partner of the Kymi Sinfonietta, a role in which he will help shape the orchestra’s artistic direction and programming while conducting several concerts each season.

Later in 2026, Iselin was also appointed Associate Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. He will serve during the 2026/27 and 2027/28 seasons, during which he will regularly conduct performances with the SSO, as well as work with the Singapore Symphony Choruses.

Iselin also works in the field of opera, being a regular guest at Opera Hedeland, where he led productions of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Rossini's La Cenerentola. He also conducted Die Zauberflöte in Stockholm's Folkoperan, and participated in productions such as Die Soldaten with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Philharmonie de Paris, and Smetana's Prodaná nevěsta with the Bern Theatre.

Awards

Jorma Panula Conducting Competition: 1st Prize Jorma Panula Conducting Competition: Orchestra Prize German Conducting Awards: 2nd Prize