Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has announced that its Cybec Assistant Conductor, Leonard Weiss, has been selected as a Conducting Fellow at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts.

Tanglewood is the summer home and famed music and learning campus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Weiss is one of only two conducting fellows selected from applications around the world.

Leonard Weiss. Photo courtesy Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

2025 has already been a busy year for Weiss in Australia. Having just made his Sidney Myer Music Bowl debut conducting the MSO for its free summer concert, Journeys and Adventures, his MSO schedule continues with a number of high-profile performances including Seasons at Hamer Hall, his Melbourne Recital Centre debut in November, and a number of regional and family events throughout the year. He will soon make his debut with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and return for engagements in Sydney and New Zealand.

In the northern summer, Weiss will spend a season at Tanglewood under the guidance of conductor Andris Nelsons who has held the position of Music Director at BSO since 2015 and more recently became Head of Conducting at Tanglewood.

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