Argentinian-Mexican conductor Alex Amsel has quickly established himself as a conductor equally at home on the orchestral and operatic podium, and as a music educator for students of all ages. Amsel’s hope is to integrate music into the fabric of every community he works with to reshape how we think about society and our place in it. For the 2023-2024 season, Amsel joins The Phoenix Symphony as Associate Conductor for the where he will lead classical and outreach concerts, as well as holding the John L. Magro Chair of Resident Conductor for the Cincinnati Opera. He joined the Houston Grand Opera as Resident Conductor for the 2022-2023 season with productions of Verdi’s La traviata at the Wortham Theatre and Another City, a world-premiere production by Jeremy Howard Beck. As a Music Director finalist for the Elgin Symphony in Illinois, he led “a vibrant and textured account maintaining superb balance so its many intricacies came through…punctuating a dynamic performance” (Chicago Classical Review). Additional debut engagements for 2023-24 include the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, a tour with West Virginia Symphony and serving as Music Director and Conductor for University of North Texas’ production of Massenet’s Cendrillon.
Amsel spent 3 successful seasons with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra where he was appointed Assistant Conductor by Robert Spano and led the orchestra in a variety of concerts including Symphonic, Chamber and Education/Outreach concerts. Amsel was also selected for the prestigious Aspen Conducting Academy for the 2020 and 2021 summers where he worked closely with Robert Spano, and later returned as faculty during the 2022 summer. In high demand for summer seasons as both a conductor and educator, Amsel has performed with orchestras at Aspen Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, Round Top Music Festival, and Philadelphia International Music Festival. As Assistant Conductor for the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado, Amsel led the orchestra in multiple subscription concerts and young artist competition performances.
Other recent engagements include Assistant Conductor with L'orchestre National de France, Czech Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, and Enescu Philharmonic. Amsel holds a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from the Peabody Conservatory, studying under the tutelage of Marin Alsop, and has worked closely with Cristian Macelaru, Robert Spano, Patrick Summers, Jane Glover, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and Tito Muñoz.
During his free time, Amsel is a biking, architecture, wine, and Golden Retriever aficionado.
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