Conductor
Erina Yashima
L’elisir d’amoreBiography
German-born conductor Erina Yashima was the First Kapellmeister at the Komische Oper Berlin from 2022 to 2024 and has worked with many renowned ensembles, orchestras and opera companies worldwide.
In the 24/25 season, she will make her debut with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Münchner Symphoniker and in Japan with Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra and Kobe City Chamber Orchestra. She also returns to the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and Orchestra della Toscana. On the opera stage, Yashima will debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago with a production of Le Nozze di Figaro, Opera Australia with a production of La Boheme and the Irish National Opera with a production of L’elisir d’amore.
Recent seasons saw Yashima debut at the English National Opera with The Magic Flute and at the Bregenz Festival with Der Freischütz. As First Kapellmeister of the Komische Oper Berlin, she conducted Rusalka, Hamlet, Così fan tutte and Die Zauberflöte as well as the world premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin's Nils Holgersson. In 2022, she made her debut with a new production of Mozart's Così fan tutte by the Washington National Opera.
Recent highlights also include performances with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover.
Previously, she was Assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, as well as Apprentice Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo Muti.
May 2025