James Conlon

James Conlon strikes me as one of those conductors whose stature you only fully grasp once you tally the institutions that trusted him. A Manhattan native trained at the High School of Music & Art, now music director of LA Opera and principal conductor of the RAI National Symphony, he has spent decades doing the loneliest job in music: making hundreds of musicians breathe as one. I admire that kind of sustained command. Conductors rarely get the celebrity they deserve, yet the discipline and emotional intelligence behind a long career like his is, to me, genuinely awe-inspiring.

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Name (English)

James Conlon

Name (Japanese)

ジェームズ・コンロン

Reading

じぇーむず・こんろん

Born

March 18, 1950 (age 76)

Origin

Manhattan, New York, United States

Occupation

conductor / music director / music arranger / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Tiger

High school

High School of Music & Art

• Official sitehttps://www.jamesconlon.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Conlon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1348801

Tags

• New York
• conductor
• music director
• music arranger

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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