Case Scaglione is currently in his sixth season as Music Director of Orchestre national d’Île de France. He has previously served as associate conductor with the New York Philharmonic and as music director of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra of Los Angeles. Scaglione was the driving force behind the artistic growth and diversification of the organization, founding their educational outreach initiative, 360° Music.
While working with Orchestre national d’Île de France, Scaglione explored a plethora of repertoire, including music by Strauss, Wagner, Mahler, Dvořák, Bartók, Beethoven, Ravel, Sibelius, Britten and Anna Clyne. In the 2023–24 season, Scaglione’s tenure as Music Director celebrated the orchestra’s 50th birthday.
Scaglione opened the 2024–25 season with Orchestre national d’Île de France by recording Berio's Folk Songs with renowned Czech folk singer Iva Bittová, scheduled to be released and toured in 2026–27. Additional season highlights with the orchestra include a performance of Rita Strohl's Symphonie Forêt followed by a tour featuring Steven Isserlis performing Dvořák, and, for the first time in the orchestra's history, a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 7. To close the season, Scaglione will reunite with the Chœur de Radio France to perform Schubert’s Mass in A-flat Major.
Most recently, Scaglione completed a six-year tenure at Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, where during his time with the orchestra he appeared regularly at Stuttgart’s Liederhalle, Kloster Schöntal, Ludwigsburg, Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, Munich’s Prinzregententheater, and Forum am Schlosspark in Ludwigsburg. Scaglione’s 2022–23 season with the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn was wide-ranging, featuring composers from the classical and early Romantic period all the way to the late 20th century.
Across recent years, Scaglione has been invited to appear as a guest conductor for orchestras including Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Lighthouse, Poole; and an Irish debut with the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra.
Recent European guest conducting highlights include debut appearances in Stockholm with the Swedish Radio Symphony, Hamburg with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Valladolid with Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra, and at Madrid’s Teatro Monumental with Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. Scaglione’s Polish debut was with the Szczecin Philharmonic, his Prague debut with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, and his Danish debut with the Aalborg Symphony. Debut highlights of the 2024–25 season include collaborations with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Komische Oper Berlin and Gävle Symphony Orchestra. Recently, Scaglione also made a highly acclaimed debut at the Opéra national de Paris in a production of Elektra by Richard Strauss.
In the United States, Scaglione recently collaborated with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, which he was invited back to for the following season, this time collaborating with the Utah and San Diego Symphony Orchestras. He also returned to the Phoenix Symphony. In previous seasons, Scaglione successfully collaborated with the New York Philharmonic and the Houston, Dallas, Detroit and Baltimore symphony orchestras.
In Asia, Scaglione has led concerts with the China Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the Shanghai and Guangzhou symphony orchestras, in addition to regular returns to the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
Scaglione enjoys close relationships with many of the world’s leading soloists, including Simone Lamsma, Yeol Eum Son, Federico Colli, Alisa Weilerstein, Yulianna Avdeeva, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Behzod Abduraimov. Scaglione has been mentored by some of the most prominent conductors on the world stage today, including Alan Gilbert, Jaap van Zweden and David Zinman.
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