Nathan Aspinall
Resident Conductor

 black and white photograph of resident conductor Nathan Aspinall

Australian Conductor Nathan Aspinall has led orchestras across the globe and is widely admired for his thoughtful, nuanced interpretations and powerful performances. His collaborative approach to performing with fellow musicians has resulted in ongoing partnerships and deep relationships with the orchestras with whom he performs.

This season, Nathan begins his new role as Resident Conductor with the Nashville Symphony and follows his highly successful subscription performances of Prokofiev’s Symphony no 5 and a last minute appearance stepping in on subscription with Barber’s Violin Concerto and Elgar’s Enigma Variations. In the 2024/25 season, he will lead the orchestra in several programs including a special all Ravel program to mark the composer’s anniversary.

Aspinall has performed around the world, leading the orchestras of Minnesota, St Louis, Atlanta, Sydney and the Mendelssohn-Orchesterakademie of the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig. He has assisted many of today’s leading conductors including Stéphane Denève, Jakub Hrůša, Nathalie Stutzmann, Thomas Søndergård, and Simone Young.

Nathan was a conducting fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center with the Boston Symphony Orchestra where he was mentored by Andris Nelsons, Thomas Adès and Giancarlo Guerrero. He is also a recipient of the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize at the Aspen Music Festival.

A strong believer that music is for everyone, Nathan is passionate about orchestras reaching an ever-widening audience. At the Nashville Symphony, he spearheads education and community initiatives, the commissioning of new projects and curates community programing. Supporting future generations of musicians, Nathan is an advocate for music education and outreach and has led performances and masterclasses for conservatories, universities and youth orchestras around the country.

Festival appearances include the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Oregon Bach Festival and the Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Seminar. He studied orchestral conducting with Hugh Wolff at New England Conservatory in Boston.