Gianandrea Noseda, one of the world's leading conductors, is equally recognized in both the concert hall and the opera house. He was named the National Symphony Orchestra's seventh Music Director in January 2016 and began his four-year term with the 2017–18 season. In September 2018 his contract was extended for four more years, through the 2024–25 season. He leads 12 weeks of subscription concerts with the Orchestra this season, as well as their first appearance together at Carnegie Hall in New York in May 2019. He also serves as Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Orquestra de Cadaqués and Artistic Director of the Stresa Festival in Italy. In 2018, the Zurich Opera House appointed him the next General Music Director beginning in the 2021–22 season. The institutions where he has had significant roles include the BBC Philharmonic which he led in 2002–11, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, where the Victor de Sabata Chair was created for him as Principal Guest Conductor (2010–14), the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, which appointed him its first-ever foreign Principal Guest Conductor 1997, a position he held for a decade. He was Principal Guest Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic (1999-2003), Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI (2003-06) and Music Director of Italy’s Teatro Regio Torino (2007-18). Gianandrea Noseda is dedicated to the next generation of artists with his master classes and tours with youth orchestras, including the European Union Youth Orchestra and with his recent appointment as Music Director of the newly-created Tsinandali Festival and Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra in the village of Tsinandali, Georgia, which begins in 2019. He has conducted major orchestras and at leading opera houses and festivals, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, La Scala, Munich Philharmonic, Met Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Opera House, Salzburg Festival, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony and Zurich Opera House. His relationship with the Metropolitan Opera dates back to 2002. Maestro Noseda has a legacy of over 60 CDs, many of which have been praised by critics and received numerous awards. His Musica Italiana recording project, which he initiated more than ten years ago, has chronicled underappreciated Italian repertoire and brought to light many masterpieces deserving of attention. Conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, he has also recorded opera albums with celebrated vocalists, including Anna Netrebko and Diana Damrau. A native of Milan, Maestro Noseda is Cavaliere Ufficiale al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, marking his contribution to the artistic life of Italy. In 2015, he was honored as Musical America's Conductor of the Year, and was named the 2016 International Opera Awards Conductor of the Year. In December 2016 he was privileged to conduct the Nobel Prize Concert in Stockholm.