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Karina Canellakis Biography, Age, Height, Husband, Net Worth, Family

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Karina Canellakis is an American conductor and violinist. She is the first female conductor to be appointed as the Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. She is also the first female conductor to be appointed as the Chief Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Karina Canellakis was born on 1981 in New York, NY. She is currently 42 years old. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs around 55 kg. Karina Canellakis is currently single. There is no information about her past relationships. Karina Canellakis began her career as a violinist and later moved to conducting. She has conducted orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra. As of 2021, Karina Canellakis's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. She earns most of her income from her conducting career. She also earns from her performances and appearances in various events.

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OccupationConductor and violinist
Age42 years old
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Born, 1981
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BirthplaceNew York, NY
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Karina Canellakis Net Worth

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In December 2018, Canellakis conducted the annual Nobel Prize concert with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the first female conductor to do so. In April 2019, the RSO Berlin announced the appointment of Canellakis as its next principal guest conductor, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective with the 2019-2020 season. On 19 July 2019, Canellakis became the first female conductor ever to conduct the First Night of The Proms, at the Royal Albert Hall (London).. In April 2020, the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) announced the appointment of Canellakis as its new principal guest conductor, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective from September 2020, following her first guest-conduting appearance with the LPO in October 2018.

In March 2018, Canellakis first guest-conducted the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (RFO), with concerts in Utrecht and Amsterdam. On the basis of this series of concerts, in May 2018, the RFO announced the appointment of Canellakis as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019-2020 season, with an initial contract of 4 years. This appointment marks Canellakis' first orchestral post. She is the first female conductor to be named chief conductor of the RFO, and the first female conductor to be named chief conductor of any Dutch orchestra.

Canellakis made her European conducting debut in 2015 with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, as an emergency substitute for Nikolaus Harnoncourt. In 2016, she won the Georg Solti Conducting Award. Her conducting debut at The Proms in September 2017 was also her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO). Also in September 2017, Canellakis made her first guest-conducting appearance with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO Berlin).

From 2005 to 2007, Canellakis was a violinist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchester-Akademie. Whilst in Berlin, Simon Rattle encouraged her growing interest in conducting. She formally studied conducting at the Juilliard School from 2011 to 2013, where her teachers included Alan Gilbert. She also studied conducting with Fabio Luisi, at the Pacific Music Festival. In 2013, she was the winner of the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship. From 2014 to 2016, she was the assistant conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Early in her career in the Dallas post, in October 2014, she stood in as an emergency substitute for Jaap van Zweden with the Symphony No 8 of Shostakovich, without rehearsal. Her work in contemporary music has included performing with and conducting the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), and conducting the premiere of David Lang's chamber opera The Loser in September 2016.

Born in New York City, of Greek and Russian background, Canellakis grew up in a family of musicians. Her parents met as music students at the Juilliard School. Her father Martin became a conductor, and her mother Sheryl became a pianist. She studied violin as a youth, and her younger brother Nicholas studied cello. She continued formal music studies at the Curtis Institute, where her teachers included Ida Kavafian, and graduated from Curtis in 2004. As a violinist, she played as a substitute in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and was a guest leader with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.

Karina Canellakis (born 23 August 1981) is an American conductor and violinist.

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Update: 2024-05-18