MK Winterthur under new management
The Musikkollegium Winterthur has appointed Roberto González-Monjas as its new Principal Conductor from the 2021/22 season. The 32-year-old Spanish violinist and conductor has been the ensemble's Principal Concertmaster for seven years
González-Monjas will seamlessly succeed the current chief conductor Thomas Zehetmair in a year's time. As concertmaster, he often led the orchestra from the first podium, and recently also increasingly conducted larger works.
Roberto González-Monjas is Professor of Violin at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London and Artistic Director of the Iberacademy in Medellín, Colombia. Since the 2019/20 season, he has been Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Dalasinfoniettan in Sweden and Artist in Residence at the Orquesta de Castilla y Leon in Spain. Until 2019, he was also concertmaster of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
