Alexander Shelley is Music Director of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra and Principal Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen’s ECHO and Deutsche Gründerpreis winning “Zukunftslabor”. In August 2017 Alexander concluded his tenure as Chief Conductor of the Nürnberger Symphoniker, a position he held since September 2009. The partnership was hailed by press and audience alike as a golden era for the orchestra, where he transformed the ensemble’s playing, education work and international touring activities. Unanimous winner of the 2005 Leeds Conductor’s Competition, he has since worked regularly with the leading orchestras of Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia, including the Leipzig Gewand
Upcoming performances Today to 2025
Past performances 2007 — 2024
NAC Orchestra with Orchestre symphonique de Québec - Ottawa, Saint-SaënsHétuMurphy, K.
National Arts CentreConductor
View program, cast and crewNACO + OSQ: Hétu Symphony No. 5, Saint-SaënsHétu
Toronto Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewPouliot & Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky, P. I.Rimsky-Korsakov
National Arts CentreConductor
View program, cast and crewDas Bundesjugendorchester mit Mahlers Neunter Symphonie, Mahler
Berliner PhilharmonikerConductor
View cast and crewNew World Symphony, GubaidulinaChopinDvořák, A.
Pacific SymphonyConductor
View program, cast and crewShelley Conducts Strauss, StraussMozartLau, K.Murphy, K.
National Arts CentreConductor
View program, cast and crewNAC Orchestra with Orchestre symphonique de Québec - Ottawa, Saint-SaënsHétuMurphy, K.
National Arts CentreConductor
View program, cast and crewNACO + OSQ: Hétu Symphony No. 5, Saint-SaënsHétu
Toronto Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewPouliot & Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky, P. I.Rimsky-Korsakov
National Arts CentreConductor
View program, cast and crewDas Bundesjugendorchester mit Mahlers Neunter Symphonie, Mahler
Berliner PhilharmonikerConductor
View cast and crewNew World Symphony, GubaidulinaChopinDvořák, A.
Pacific SymphonyConductor
View program, cast and crewEl Caballero De La Rosa, RachmaninoffStrauss
Ópera de TenerifeConductor
View program, cast and crewNSO: Danielle de Niese sings Richard Strauss and Mozart, StraussMozart
National Concert HallConductor
View program, cast and crewMontero's Latin Concerto, López BellidoMontero, G.Ravel
National Arts CentreConductor
View program, cast and crewRay Chen, Mendelssohn & Mahler, MendelssohnMahler
National Arts CentreConductor
View program, cast and crewAlexander Shelley is Music Director of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra and Principal Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen’s ECHO and Deutsche Gründerpreis winning “Zukunftslabor”. In August 2017 Alexander concluded his tenure as Chief Conductor of the Nürnberger Symphoniker, a position he held since September 2009. The partnership was hailed by press and audience alike as a golden era for the orchestra, where he transformed the ensemble’s playing, education work and international touring activities. Unanimous winner of the 2005 Leeds Conductor’s Competition, he has since worked regularly with the leading orchestras of Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia, including the Leipzig Gewand