These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut of Katharina Wincor.

Austrian conductor Katharina Wincor made her Dallas Symphony Orchestra subscription debut in 2021, performing works by Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Anna Clyne, followed by appearances at the Grafenegg and Gstaad festivals. Recent and upcoming highlights include debuts and return invitations with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dresden Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Festival, Brevard Music Center Summer Festival, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Graz Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The Phoenix Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, and OFUNAM Mexico. At conductor Laurence Equilbey’s invitation, Wincor served as the chorus master for two performances of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with the orchestra of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie in March of 2022. 

Wincor began studying conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. In 2018 she continued her studies at Zurich University with Johannes Schlaefli. At the 2017 Gstaad Menuhin Festival, she received the Neeme Järvi Prize, and she was awarded third prize at the 2020 Mahler Competition. Through master classes and competitions, Wincor has worked with world-renowned orchestras including the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. She was one of four conductors invited by Iván Fischer to a master class with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and was subsequently engaged as his assistant conductor for special projects with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Other mentors include Fabio Luisi, Riccardo Muti, and David Zinman.