The Grammy Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra, now in its second century, ranks among America’s top symphonic ensembles, with a distinguished history of acclaimed performances in its home state and around the world; award-winning recordings, broadcasts and educational engagement programs; and a commitment to intentionally build concert programs to feature more works by composers of color, exploring music both contemporary and historic. In September 2024, Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård began his second season as music director.

Marta Gardolińska is currently music director of Opera national de Lorraine and principal guest conductor of Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona. She came to international attention in 2018 as Young Conductor in Association at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, where she conducted two highly successful subscription concerts. This led to a Dudamel Fellowship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic during the 2019-20 season which included an invitation to be second conductor to Gustavo Dudamel for their Grammy Award-winning live Deutsche Grammophon recording of Ives’ Symphony No. 4. Gardolińska then returned to Los Angeles to make her debut with the Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl followed by an immediate re-invitation.

Behzod Abduraimov’s performances combine an immense depth of musicality with phenomenal technique and breath-taking delicacy. He performs with renowned orchestras worldwide including Philharmonia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, San Francisco Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Concertgebouworkest, Czech Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) with prestigious conductors such as, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Gustavo Dudamel, Semyon Bychkov, Gianandrea Noseda, Juraj Valčuha, Vasily Petrenko and Constantinos Carydis.