Spain
Nuno Coelho has been Chief Conductor of Spain’s Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias since October 2022. In addition to concerts in Ovideo, the 2026/27 season sees Nuno return to Stavanger Symphony, Tampere Philharmonic, Symphoniker Hamburg and Gulbenkian Orchestra, and debut with Toronto Symphony, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Tonkünstler-Orchester at Vienna’s Musikverein.
Highlights of the last three seasons have included concerts with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony, BBC Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Trondheim Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Antwerp Symphony, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquestra Sinfônica de São Paulo and Adelaide Symphony.
Nuno is Founder and Artistic Director of the Mondego International Music Academy where established artists mentor the next generation of composers, conductors and players. He has also conducted Spain's National Youth Orchestra (JONDE) on tour – including performances at the Konzerthaus Berlin and Rheingau Musik Festival – and in summer 2026 he conducts the Netherlands Youth Orchestra at the Concertgebouw.
Nuno’s opera credits include a semi-staging of Così fan tutte and José Saramago’s reimagining of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, both at the Gulbenkian. He has also conducted productions of La traviata, Cavalleria rusticana, Rusalka and Manon, as well as Lemi Ponifasio's staging of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde at the Barbican Centre with the Britten Sinfonia. He returns to Ópera de Oviedo in December 2026 for Manon Lescaut.
