Biography

CV July 2025
Swiss conductor Emmanuel Siffert is at the moment Principal Conductor and
Artistic Director at the National Chamber Orchestra of Chile in Santiago,
(Mendelssohn 4 formation), and Principal Guest Conductor of the National
Symphony Orchestra of Argentina.
He has been Principal Conductor of the San Juan Symphony Orchestra in
Argentina, Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra in Mexico , European Chamber
Opera, London; Swiss Chamber Orchestra, Aosta Symphony Orchestra, Italy
and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador.
As a Ballet-Conductor, he worked with the English National Ballet, Royal Ballet
Covent Garden, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, among others.
Other orchestras which Emmanuel has conducted include the Philharmonia
Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, China National Symphony Orchestra, Welsh
National Opera, London Mozart Players, Rundfunksinfonieorchester
Saarbrücken, Bucharest Philharmonic “George Enesco” Mexico City
Philharmonic, Johannesburg Philharmonic, Armenian Philharmonic, Plzen
Operahouse Orchestra, Gran Canaria Philharmonic, Spain; Slowenische
Philharmonie, Volgograd Philharmonic, Wiener Mozart Orchester,
Symphonieorchester St. Gallen, Lutoslawski Philharmonie, Wroclaw; Orchestra
della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano; Berner Symphonieprchester, Rubinstein
Philharmony, Lodz; Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Sudwestdeutsche
Philharmonie Konstanz, Bulgarian Symphony, Aguascalientes Symphony,
Michoacán Symphony and Jalapa Symphony in Mexico; Peru National
Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, Montevideo
Philharmonic, Uruguay; Cairo Symphony Orchestra.
Emmanuel has a wide discography; has released several recordings with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra, Swiss
Chamber Orchestra, and Aosta Symphony. His radio recordings include
Rundfunksinfonieorchester Saarbrücken (live), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
(live and studio recordings) and the Swiss Chamber Orchestra (live).
Emmanuel Siffert was assistant conductor at the St. Gallen Opera under John
Neschling until 1997; in 1995 he acted in this capacity at the Opera Festival
Avenches; in 1998 at the Grand Théâtre de Genève under Armin Jordan; in 2001
at the Teatro Lirico Di Cagliari under Rafael Frübeck de Burgos; and in 2001-
2002 under Gerard Korsten. He was also assistant for “The Merry Widow” at the
Lyon Opera house. Further opera work included work with “Opera Valle” in Italy
since 2002, as well as the Nuremberg Opera, the Moldavian Opera in Chisinau,
Opera Peru in Lima, Opera San Juan in Argentina.
He conducted two seasons for the English National Ballet (2003/4 and 2004/5).
He also started working from 2011 with the Royal Ballet Covent Garden.
A number of special projects Emmanuel is involved in include rare Italian
symphonies from the 18th century (edition of orchestral parts), and the recording
and edition of scores of orchestral works by Swiss composers in collaboration
with the record label VDE-GALLO and CLAVES and the music-department of the
University in Lausanne.
Furthermore, he is also involved as a teacher of conducting (incl. Royal College
of Music in London and the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing) and gives
classes in opera scenes for singers in various summer academies, as well as
regular Professor at the Institut of the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.
He was Music Director of the “Saturday Academy” of the Wales International
Academy of Voice. He is the creator of the Online Conducting Method
www.approachtoconducting.com
Emmanuel won the conducting prize at the “Schweizerischen Tonkünstlenverein”
in 1993 and again in 1995. He studied conducting under Horst Stein, Ralf
Weikert, Joma Panula and Carlo Maria Giulini. Studied violin in Salzburg under
Prof. Sandor Végh and performed as a violinist with the Camerata Academia
Salzburg from 1989 to 1994.
For more information, please consult his website at www.emmanuelsiffert.com
and www.approachtoconducting.com

Short Bio
Swiss conductor Emmanuel Siffert is at the moment Principal Conductor and
Artistic Director at the National Chamber Orchestra of Chile in Santiago,
(Mendelssohn 4 formation).
He was the Principal Conductor at the Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra in
Mexico , San Juan Symphony Orchestra in Argentina ,National Symphony
Orchestra in Quito, Ecuador, the European Chamber Opera, London, and the
Orchestra Sinfonica Aosta, Italy, and he conducted regulary ballets at the Teatro
Colon in Buenos Aires.
As a Ballet-Conductor, he worked with the English National Ballet, Royal Ballet
Covent Garden, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Ballet St.-Gallen, National Ballet
of Ecuador, among others.
He studied violin in Salzburg under Prof. Sandor Végh and conducting under
Horst Stein, Ralf Weikert, Joma Panula and Carlo Maria Giulini. Emmanuel won
the conducting prize at the “Schweizerischen Tonkünstlenverein” in 1993 and
again in 1995.
He conducted two seasons for the English National Ballet (2003/4 and
2004/5). Further opera work has included “Opera Valle” in Italy , Opera Lima, as
well as the Nuernberg Opera, and the Moldavian Opera in Chisinau. Orchestral
work has included the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
and London Mozart Players among others. For more information, please consult
his website at www.emmanuelsiffert.com

 

Birth: November 1, 1967
Address: PO Box 1356  CH - 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland
Whatsapp: +41 76 377 17 90
Teams: esiffert
Email: emmanuelsiffert@gmail.com
Website: www.emmanuelsiffert.com
Online conducting book: www.approachtoconducting.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/approachtoconducting
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelsiffertconductor
Instagram: @emmanuel_siffert_conductor

Nationality: Swiss (Native), Italian, Argentina

Current Position
2022: Principal Conductor and Artistic Director, National Chamber Orchestra of Chile (Mendelssohn 4 formation)
2024: Principal Guest Conductor National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina
2025: Director of Master of Conducting Universidad Nacional de las Artes“https://una.edu.ar/

Past Positions
2021-2022: Principal Conductor and Artistic Director, Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascalientes, Mexico
2014-2021: Principal Conductor and Artistic Director, Orquesta Sinfónica de San Juan, Argentina
2013-2018: Resident Conductor, Free Opera Company, Zurich, Switzerland
2013-2017: Guest Conductor for Ballet, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
2012-2015: Principal Guest Conductor, Wales Concert Orchestra - UK
2011-2015: Music Director, Wales International Academy of Voice, Saturday Academy
2007-2009: Principal Conductor, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Ecuador, Quito
2000-2010: Principal Conductor, Swiss Chamber Orchestra
2000-2009: Principal Conductor, Orchestra Sinfonica Aosta, Italy
1998-2007: Principal Conductor, European Chamber Opera, London

Teaching-activity
2023-2025: Masterclasses  for Conducting in Buenos Aires, Quito , Santiago
2017-2022: Teacher for Opera-Repertoire-Instituto Superior de Arte Teatro Colón
2016-2025: Buenos Aires – Universidad Cattolica (UCA) Ballet-Conducting
2017-2019: Royal College of Music (RCM) – London - Conducting
2018: China Conservatory of Music – Beijing - Conducting
2010-2021: Masterclasses for Conducting (Quito, Porthcawl, Volgograd)
2008-2014: Coach for Opera in different International Summer-Academies

Education
2000-2001: Conducting with Carlo Maria Giulini (Milan - Study Certificate)
1993-1994: Conducting with Jorma Panula (Helsinki – Study Certificate)
1989-1993: Conducting with E.Körner, H.Stein, R.Weikert (UN Bern-St.Certificate)
1989-1990: Violin with Sandor Végh in Salzburg
1983-1989: Violin, Universities of Fribourg and Basel (Bachelor + PhD)
1986-1989: Chamber music, University of Basel (PhD Degree)

Honors and Awards
2025: Asociación de Críticos Musicales de Argentina - Best foreign Conductor in the 2024 season in Buenos Aires
2024: “Circulo de Críticos de Arte de Chile“ to the Chile Chamber Orchestra
1993/1995: Conducting Prize: “Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein”

Violin career
1990-1994: Violinist “Camerata Academica, Salzburg”

Assistant conductor
2006: Opéra de Lyon – Gérard Korsten
2001-2002: Teatro Lirico di Cagliari – Rafael Frübeck de Burgos/ Gérard Korsten
1998: Grand Théâtre de Genève – Armin Jordan
1995: Opera Festival Avenches
1995-1997: St.-Gallen Opera – John Neschling

Languages
Native: German, French
Fluent: Italian, English, Spanish

Guest, Opera Houses
2013-2018: Free Opera Company, Zürich
2015-2016: ISA – Instituto Superior de Arte – Teatro Colón – Buenos Aires
2012-2014: Opera Volgograd, Russia
2013: Opera-Festival La Perla, Zürich
2010-2013: Teatro Municipal – Lima, Peru
2005-2006: Teatro Nichelino – Torino, Italy
2008: Teatro Sucre – Quito, Ecuador
2002-2006: Moldavian National Opera, Chisinau
2002-2003: Städtische Bühnen, Nürnberg

Ballet
2025: Ballet Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires
2023: National Ballet of Uruguay
2022: National Ballet of Norway
2022-2023: Ballet-Academy Aguascalientes - Mexico
2020: National Ballet of Ecuador
2018: National Ballet of Vietnam – Ho-Chi-Min
2013-2017: Ballet Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires
2017-2019: Ballet San Juan, Argentina
2012-2013: Ballet Volgograd, Russia
2011-2012: Royal Ballet Covent Garden, London
2002-2003: English National Ballet, London
1997-1998: Ballet Theater St.-Gallen

CD’s
2024: China National Symphony Orchestra (Wergo – Schott)
2022: Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra, Mexico
2018 - 2021: San Juan Symphony Orchestra – Argentina (3 CD’s)
2006 - 2020: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – London (4 CD’s - Naxos)
2016: Orchestre de l’Haute Ecole de Musique – Lausanne
2012: Orquesta de la Provincia de Rosario
2001, 2003, 2009: Swiss Chamber Orchestra
2005, 2006, 2007: Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra
2002-2006: Orchestra Sinfonica, Aosta, Italy (4 CD’s)
2005: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
2005: Sofia Symphony Orchestra
2000: National Symphony Orchestra of South Africa
1997: Orchestra La Consorterie – Aosta - Italia
1997: Swiss Youth Chamber Orchestra
1994: Orchestre de Chambre de Fribourg

Online book about Conducting
www.approachtoconducting.com

Special projects
Orchestral works by Swiss Composers (recording and musical-edition project, in collaboration with the VDE-GALLO label and the Music Department of the University in Lausanne)

Conducted Orchestras (professional contracts)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London
Orchestra of the English National Ballet
London Mozart Players
Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Norsk Opera Orchestra - Oslo
National Symphony Orchestra of South-Africa
Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Armenien Philharmonic Orchestra
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria
Slowenische Philharmonie
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra
Wiener Mozartorchester
Symphonieorchester St.-Gallen

Lutoslawski-Philharmonie Wroclaw
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano
Berner Symphonieorchester
Ensemble 2e2m, Paris
Plzen Opera-Orchestra

Chamber Orchestra Durres, Albania
Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra “George Enescu”
Nordböhmische Philharmonie Teplice
Basler Kammerorchester
Swiss Chamber Orchestra

Sudecka Philharmonie Walbrzych
Rubinstein Philharmony, Lodz
Orchestra Sinfonica Aosta
Dohnanyi Erno Symphony Orchestra Budapest
Orchestra  of European Chamber Opera

Nürnberger Philharmoniker
Aargauaer Symphonie Orchester (ASO)
Orchestre des Rencontres Musicales (ORM)
Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
European Union Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra of the National Opera of Chisinau
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz
Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Cairo Symphony Orchestra

Moldavian Radio-and Television-Orchestra
KwaZuluNatal Philharmonic Orchestra, Durban, South Africa
Ecuador National Symphonic Orchestra
Loja Symphony Orchestra, Ecuador
Orquesta Sinfónica Uncuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

Orquesta Sinfónica Aguascalientes, México
Rundfunksinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
Cuenca Symphony Orchestra, Ecuador
Orquesta Ciudad de Lima, Perú
Orquesta Sinfonica de Michoacan, México

Welsh Concert Orchestra
Orchestre de Chambre Fribourgeois
Yaquina Chamber Orchestra, Oregon
Montevideo Philharmonic, Uruguay
Asti Filarmonica, Italy

Perú National Symphony Orchestra
Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela
Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa, México
Prag Concert Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra of the Opera Volgograd

Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Filarmonia, Lima, Perú
Orquesta Sinfónica de Rosario, Argentina
Chamber Orchestra CHAARTS, Zürich
Orquesta Sinfónica  San Juan, Argentina
Musikkollegium Winterthur, Switzerland

Orquesta Sinfónica Concepcion, Chile
Orquesta Sinfónica de Salta, Argentina
Sinfonisches Orchester Zürich
Fundación Orquesta Sinfónica de Bogota
Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional Argentina

Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires
Philharmonic Orchestra Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, Beirut
China National Symphony Orchestra, Beijing
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Cólon, Buenos Aires

Guayacuil Symphony Orchestra, Ecuador
Orquesta Sinfónica de la Provincia de Rio Negro, Argentina
Orquesta Sinfonica Provincial de Santa Fe, Argentina
Ho Chi Minh City Ballet and Opera Orchestra, Vietnam
Orquesta Filarmonica de Chile

Izmir State Symphony Orchestra, Turkey
Colombia National Symphony Orchestra
Orquesta Filarmonica de Mendoza, Argentina
National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba
Orquesta de Cámera de Chile

Arequipa Symphony Orchestra, Peru
National Symphony Orchestra of Paraguay
Orchestre Musique des Lumières
Academia Stefano Tempia. Torino
Orquesta Sinfónica Bahia Blanca - Argentina

National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico
Melos Symphony Orchestra – Torino (Italy)
Uruguay National Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra Entre Rios – Paraná (Argentina)
Orquesta Clasica USACH – Santiago (Chile)

Orquesta Sinfónica de Puebla – México
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Chile
Orquesta Sinfónica La Serena (Chile)
Filarmónica de Jalisco - Mexico
Orquesta Clásica del Maule (Chile)

Academic Orchestras
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Gennevilliers
Orchestra „La Consorterie“ – Aosta
Swiss Youth Chamber Orchestra
Landesjugend-Sinfonieorchester des Saarlandes
Orchestra of de Volgograd Music-Academy, Russia

Orquesta Filarmonica Juvenil de Guayaquil, Ecuador
National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Uruguay
Sinfonia por el Perú, Lima
Orchestra of the Royal College of Music, London
Orchestre de l’HEMU (Haute Ecole de Musique) – Lausanne, Switzerland

Orquesta Sinfónica Universidad Autonoma Aguascalientes, México
Orchestra of the China Conservatory of Music, Beijing
Orquesta Fest&Arts – Fundación Zaldumvide – Quito, Ecuador
Orquesta de la Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Riobamba - Ecuador

Orquesta Academica del Teatro Colon – Buenos Aires
Orquesta Sinfonía de la UDLAP - (Univ. de las Americas - Puebla) - Mexico
Orquesta Academica Universidad Cattolica de Chile - Santiago
Orquesta de Cámara Universidad Cattolica de Chile - Santiago
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Juvenil de Chile

Youth Orchestras
Orchestre des Jeunes – Fribourg, Switzerland