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Erina Yashima
Conductor

Erina Yashima began her tenure as assistant conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra in September 2019. In this role she assists Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin as well as guest conductors, and leads The Philadelphia Orchestra in various concerts. In fall 2022 she becomes first Kapellmeister at the Komische Oper Berlin. She has performed all over the world with acclaimed ensembles and orchestras. Highlights of her 2021–22 season included her debuts with the Seoul Philharmonic, the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Orchestra della Toscana, the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal, and the Albany and Eugene symphonies. She conducted a new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte in her debut with Washington National Opera and a production of Dvořák’s Rusalka at the Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach.

Ms. Yashima has been studying with Riccardo Muti since 2015. As winner of the Chicago Symphony’s Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprenticeship, she has assisted Mr. Muti and worked closely with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. In addition she has collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and assisted such guest conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph Eschenbach, and Edward Gardner.

As an opera conductor, she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 with Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor. She has also led productions of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro in Novara and Ravenna, as well as Rossini’s La Cenerentola in Lucca and later in Piacenza with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra.

As one of three finalists in the Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award, she performed with the Camerata Salzburg at the Salzburg Festival in 2018. In November of the same year she was assistant conductor to Zubin Mehta and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra. Ms. Yashima began her musical studies at the Institute for the Early Advancement of the Musically Highly Gifted in her hometown of Hannover, Germany, where she received her first conducting lessons at the age of 14. After studying in Freiburg and Vienna, she completed her studies at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin.

Erina Yashima
Conductor

Erina Yashima began her tenure as assistant conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra in September 2019. In this role she assists Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin as well as guest conductors, and leads The Philadelphia Orchestra in various concerts. In fall 2022 she becomes first Kapellmeister at the Komische Oper Berlin. She has performed all over the world with acclaimed ensembles and orchestras. Highlights of her 2021–22 season included her debuts with the Seoul Philharmonic, the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Orchestra della Toscana, the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal, and the Albany and Eugene symphonies. She conducted a new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte in her debut with Washington National Opera and a production of Dvořák’s Rusalka at the Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach.

Ms. Yashima has been studying with Riccardo Muti since 2015. As winner of the Chicago Symphony’s Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprenticeship, she has assisted Mr. Muti and worked closely with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. In addition she has collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and assisted such guest conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph Eschenbach, and Edward Gardner.

As an opera conductor, she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 with Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor. She has also led productions of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro in Novara and Ravenna, as well as Rossini’s La Cenerentola in Lucca and later in Piacenza with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra.

As one of three finalists in the Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award, she performed with the Camerata Salzburg at the Salzburg Festival in 2018. In November of the same year she was assistant conductor to Zubin Mehta and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra. Ms. Yashima began her musical studies at the Institute for the Early Advancement of the Musically Highly Gifted in her hometown of Hannover, Germany, where she received her first conducting lessons at the age of 14. After studying in Freiburg and Vienna, she completed her studies at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin.