Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson's international career as a guest conductor spans over twenty years, leading some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras - such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - and operas at the world’s top opera houses, including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Bolshoi Theatre, and the Wiener Staatsoper. Ms. Wilson’s work has been praised as “vividly shaped and nuanced” by The New York Times, and “elegantly incisive” by The Telegraph.  

Ms. Wilson’s 2019/20 season alternates between symphonic and operatic work, beginning at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo, where she conducts a new production of Rigoletto. A gala concert with Mr. Calleja and Ms. Radvanovsky brings her to San Juan, followed by a symphonic concert featuring Liadov, Chopin and Rachmaninov in Gran Canaria. A frequent guest conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre, she returns once again this season to conduct Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and La Bohème. She also conducts La Bohème at the Latvian National Opera, before traveling to Sofia, where she leads the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra in a symphonic concert with works by Brahms and Beethoven. At the Sofia Opera, she conducts Turandot. In March, she continues her work in Warsaw, Poland at the Polish National Opera, this time with Carmen. Maestro Wilson then makes a celebrated return to her alma mater, Juilliard, where she conducts a new production of La Bohème followed by Shepherd's Magiya and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1. Her season concludes with her debut at the Teatro Colon where she leads performances of Tosca.


Recent operatic career highlights include Carmen at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and La Traviata at the Wiener Staatsoper; La Traviata, Madama Butterfly and Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Bayerische Staatsoper; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and La Traviata at the Opernhaus Zürich; Don Carlo, Iolanta, Tosca, and La Bohème at the Bolshoi Theatre; La Fanciulla del West and Aida at the English National Opera; Rusalka at the Czech National Opera; Der fliegende Holländer, Eugene Onegin, Boris Godunov, and Carmen at the Polish National Opera; and Faust at the Washington National Opera. She was the first female conductor to lead an opera at: the Arena di Verona, where she conducted Tosca and Madama Butterfly; the New National Theatre (NNT) Tokyo, where she lead Madama Butterfly; and the Opera di Roma, where she conducted Aïda. 


On the concert stage, Maestro Wilson has led the San Francisco Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Wiener KammerOrchester, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Russian National Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonic, the RAI Symphony Orchestra, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony the Orchestra national d'Ile de France, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Toronto Symphony, and l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal among others. While her symphonic repertoire is varied, she specializes in Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Brahms and Beethoven. 


Ms. Wilson was raised in Winnipeg, Canada, where she studied flute, piano, and violin from an early age. While still a student at Juilliard, she assisted Claudio Abbado at the Salzburg Festival, and won a fellowship from the Tanglewood Music Center. Upon graduating from Juilliard with a masters both in flute and conducting, she was named the Associate Conductor at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. 

 

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN SYMPHONIC ENGAGEMENTS

Los Angeles Philharmonic
San Francisco Symphony
Seattle Symphony
Ravinia Festival Orchestra
Houston Symphony
Saint Louis Symphony
Cincinnati Symphony
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
San Antonio Symphony
Denver Symphony 
Phoenix Symphony
Indianapolis Symphony
Utah Symphony
Buffalo Philharmonic
New Jersey Symphony
Puerto Rico Symphony
Honolulu Symphony
 
Toronto Symphony
Montreal Symphony
National Arts Center Orchestra
Metropolitan Orchestra of Montreal
Quebec Symphony
Laval Symphony
Winnipeg Symphony
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Edmonton Symphony
Calgary Philharmonic
Vancouver Symphony
CBC Radio Orchestra of Vancouver
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
Los Angeles Opera
La Rondine
Washington OperaTurandot
Canadian Opera CompanyTosca
Montreal OperaLa Fanciulla del WestSimon BoccanegraThe Flying DutchmanOtello
Juilliard OperaFalstaff, Gianni Schicci / L'Heure Espanole, Les Mamelles de Tiresias / Der Kaiser Von Atlantis

EUROPEAN OPERATIC ENGAGEMENTS

Royal Opera House, London- Carmen
Bavarian State OperaLa Traviata, Tosca, Madame Butterfly 
Leipzig OperaMadame Butterfly 
NDR Televised Open Air OperaLa Boheme, La Traviata, Rigoletto 
Audi Summer Festival, Bayerischer Rundfunk OrchestraRomeo and Juliette
Schleswig Holstein Festival, NDR Hannover OrchestraTurandot
Erfurt OperaLucia di Lammermoor
Vienna State OperaTosca, Madame Butterfly, La Traviata
L'Arena di VeronaTosca, Madame Butterfly, La Vedova Allegra 
Puccini FestivalMadame Butterfly, La Boheme, Turandot, Tosca 
Taormina FestivalCavalleria Rusticana 
Rome OperaAida
Parma OperaRigoletto 
Palermo OperaRigoletto, Don Pasquale, La Fille du Regiment 
Maggio Musicale FiorentinoIl Barbiere di Siviglia 
Torino OperaLucia di Lammermoor 
Trieste OperaLa Cenerentola 
Bari OperaOtello, Werther, L'Elisir d'Amore 
Fondazione Toscanini, Teatro Verdi, BussettoRigoletto 
Ancona OperaLucia di Lammermoor 
Valencia OperaL'Elisir d'Amore
Bilbao OperaLa Boheme, Don Giovanni, Anna Bolena, La Traviata 
Sinfonia Galicia, La Coruna- Nabucco, Attila, Il Trovatore 
Zurich OperaLady Macbeth of Mtsensk, La Traviata 
English National OperaLa Fanciulla del West, Aida
Opera de NiceOtello
Norwegian OperaTosca
Royal Swedish Opera- Pique Dame, Il Ballo in Maschera 
Mariinsky TheaterMadame Butterfly, Lucia di Lammermoor, Hansel and Gretel, La Traviata
Bolshoi OperaDon Carlo, Iolanta, Tosca, La Boheme
National Opera of UkraineManon Lescaut, Turandot 
Astana OperaAida, La Traviata 
Polish National OperaBoris Godunov, Eugene Onegin, The Flying Dutchman, Lucia di Lammermoor
Bucharest National OperaEugene Onegin, Manon Lescaut, Tosca 
Cluj Napoca OperaTannhauser, The Flying Dutchman 
Iasi OperaDon Giovanni

EUROPEAN SYMPHONIC ENGAGEMENTS

NDR Hannover Orchestra
Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra
Aachen Symphony 
Dusseldorf Symphony 
Hessischer State Opera Orchestra 
Hof Symphony
Russian National Orchestra
Latvian National Orchestra
Lithuanian National Orchestra
Hungarian National Orchestra
Prague Philharmonic
Slovakian Philharmonic
Slovenian Philharmonic (Music Director 2013-2015)
Zagreb Philharmonic 
National Orchestra of Ukraine
RAI Symphony Orchestra 
Sicilian Symphony Orchestra
Cagliari Opera Orchestra 
Catania Opera Orchestra 
Madrid Opera Orchestra 
Oviedo Symphony 
Seville Symphony 
L'Orchestre de L'Ile de France
Flemish Radio Orchestra 
Athens Camerata
Iceland Symphony 
Timisoara Philharmonic 

ASIA

New National Opera of TokyoMadame Butterfly 
Hong Kong Philharmonic 
China National Symphony 
Taiwan Symphony

AUSTRALIA 

Opera AustraliaCosì Fan Tutte

MIDDLE EAST

Israel OperaBoris Godunov, Pique Dame, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, La Boheme 
Jerusalem Symphony 
Royal Opera of MuscatLa Fille du Regiment, Palermo Opera 

Gala Concerts- Anna Netrebko and Prague Philharmonic, Diana Damrau and the Palermo Opera Orchestra

1967-1972

Early childhood in Winnipeg

1972-1985

Studies piano, flute, and violin
Joins Winnipeg Youth Orchestra
At age of 16 and 17, performs as flute soloist with the Winnipeg Symphony and Calgary Philharmonic
Attends the Banff School of Music summer program

1985 -1990

Receives Bachelor and Master's degrees in flute from The Juilliard
School as a scholarship student of Julius Baker
Wins Juilliard flute competition and performs as soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
Makes Carnegie Hall debut with solo flute recital in Weill Hall

1990-94

Receives Master's degree in conducting from Juilliard, studying with Otto-Werner Mueller
Wins conducting fellowship at Tanglewood Music Festival 
Receives the Bruno Walter fellowship award for summer studies
Assists Claudio Abbado at the Salzburg Festival
Makes conducting debut with the National Arts Center Orchestra of Ottawa

1994-98

Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

1998

Embarks on international conducting career