Primo Artists signs James Gaffigan for North and South American Management
Primo Artists welcomes James Gaffigan to the roster (Photo credit: Vera Hartmann)
For Immediate Release
PRIMO ARTISTS SIGNS CONDUCTOR JAMES GAFFIGAN FOR NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN MANAGEMENT
NEW YORK (April 30, 2020) — Primo Artists announces the signing of James Gaffigan to its roster for North and South American management effective immediately.
Representation will be handled by Charlotte Lee, President and Founder of Primo Artists. Gaffigan joins a distinguished roster that comprises violinist/conductor Itzhak Perlman, violinists Joshua Bell and Nicola Benedetti, pianists Beatrice Rana and Seong-Jin Cho, conductors Cristian Măcelaru, Christian Reif and Gemma New, and composer Wynton Marsalis.
Charlotte Lee, Founder of Primo Artists, said: “James Gaffigan is a master of his craft, both in the concert hall and the opera house. He is respected for the trust he builds with musicians, and for his collaborative and invigorating leadership. I am thrilled to welcome him to the Primo Artists roster.”
James Gaffigan said: “I have known Charlotte since she founded Primo in 2015 and have been extremely impressed from the start. Her dedication to her clients and relationships with colleagues is extraordinary. She looks toward the future while cherishing the traditions of the past. This is the balance we all look for as artists, and I am very excited for this collaboration.”
Hailed for his natural ease and compelling musicianship, James Gaffigan is considered one of the most outstanding American conductors working today. He has attracted international attention for his prowess both as a conductor of opera and symphony orchestras.
James Gaffigan is Chief Conductor of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also Music Director Designate of the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra. Since becoming Chief Conductor in Lucerne nine seasons ago, he has made a significant impact on the orchestra’s profile, both at home and abroad, thanks to their successful concerts, international tours and recordings.
Gaffigan is in high demand working with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout North America, Europe and Asia. The 2020/21 season features debuts with the Paris Opera and Philharmonia Orchestra of London plus returns to the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra in D.C. and Bayerische Staatsoper. He leads his final season as Chief Conductor in Lucerne that commences with a South American tour and culminates in an Asia tour with Rudolf Buchbinder as soloist.
Recent symphonic highlights include appearances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orchestre de Paris, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden, Vienna Symphony, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Tokyo Metropolitan and Seoul Philharmonic.
In North America, Gaffigan works with top orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and Los Angeles Philharmonic.
A regular at the Metropolitan Opera and Bayerische Staatsoper, Gaffigan is equally at home in the opera house and conducts at the Zürich Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, Staatsoper Hamburg, Dutch National Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Santa Fe Opera.
James Gaffigan was First Prize winner of the 2004 Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition. In 2009, he completed a three-year tenure as Associate Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, a position created for him by Michael Tilson Thomas. Prior to that, he was Assistant Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, where he worked with Music Director Franz Welser Möst.
Passionate about music education and a product of the New York City public school system, James Gaffigan grew up in Staten Island and studied at the LaGuardia High School of Music and Art before pursuing his conducting studies.
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Contact:
Charlotte Lee
President and Founder
212 804 8301
charlotte@primoartists.com
www.primoartists.com