As a staunch supporter of Ukrainian liberty, a highlight of Maestro Wilson's 2026/27 season is the world premiere of Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets’ The Mother of Kherson, about the brave Ukrainian mothers who attempt to rescue their kidnapped children, in Warsaw in October at Opera Narodowa. She will also lead the North American premiere of the work at the Metropolitan Opera in 2028. In addition to the world premiere of The Mother of Kherson, Maestro Wilson's 2026/27 season includes return engagements with the Metropolitan Opera to conduct a new production of La Fanciulla del West and the Berlin Staatsoper for Les contes d’Hoffmann and The Tsar’s Bride. She also conducts Carmen at the Hamburg Opera and an orchestral program with the Orchestra Metropolitain in Montreal. Maestro Wilson’s other activities in support of Ukraine this season include conducting numerous concerts with the Kyiv Camerata, guest conducting the Kyiv Philharmonic and the Lviv Philharmonic, and leading the sixth international tour of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra in the summer of 2027.

Over a rich and varied career, Maestro Wilson has conducted, amongst many other orchestras, the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, the Grant Park Festival Orchestra, the Wiener Kammerorchester, the Hessische Staatsorchester Wiesbaden, the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini in Parma, the Wrocław Philharmonic, the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, the Prague Philharmonia, the RAI Symphony Orchestra, the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony, the Orchestre national d'Ile de France, NDR Radiophilharmonie, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est, Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Toronto Symphony and l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.

Maestro Wilson’s career operatic highlights include Carmen, La Bohème and La Traviata  at the Royal Ballet and Opera House Covent Garden; Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and La Traviata at the Wiener Staatsoper, Turandot at the Staatsoper Berlin, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, The Queen of Spades at the Metropolitan Opera, Salome at Houston Grand Opera, La Traviata, Madama Butterfly and Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the BayerischeStaatsoper, Stolen Happiness at the Lviv National Opera, Madama Butterfly, Elektra and Salome at the Deutsche Oper, Cendrillon at Opéra national de Paris, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and La Traviata at the Opernhaus Zürich, Don Carlo, Iolanta, Manon Lescaut, Carmen, Tosca, La Fanciulla del West, Jenufa and Aïda at the English National Opera, Rusalka at the Czech National Opera, Rigoletto at the Norwegian National Opera, Der Fliegende Holländer, Carmina Burana, Boris Godunov, and Carmen at the Polish National Opera, Faust at the Washington National Opera, Pique Dame and Tosca at the Latvian National Opera and Madama Butterfly at the Canadian Opera Company. 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 led Madama Butterfly; and the Opera di Roma, where she conducted Aïda.

Over a rich and varied career, Maestro Wilson has conducted, amongst many other orchestras, the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, the Grant Park Festival Orchestra, the Wiener Kammerorchester, the HessischeStaatsorchesterWiesbaden, the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini in Parma, the Wrocław Philharmonic, the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, the Prague Philharmonia, the RAI Symphony Orchestra, the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony, the Orchestre national d'Ile de France, NDR Radiophilharmonie, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est, Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen,Toronto Symphony and l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.

Maestro Wilson was raised in Winnipeg, Canada, home of North America’s most concentrated Ukrainian population, 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.

On August 24th, 2024, Ukrainian Independence Day, Maestro Wilson was awarded the Order of Princess Olga by President Zelensky for her contributions to Ukrainian culture. 

She can be found on social media under @kerilynnwilsonmaestro on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok and X.