Jankauskaitė Assistant Conductor of the hr-Sinfonieorchester
Izabelė Jankauskaitė, who is currently studying for a Master's degree in Performance, Conducting at the Conductors Studio ZHdK, will become Assistant Conductor of the hr-Sinfonieorchester in the 2024/25 season.
Lithuanian conductor Jankauskaitė began her studies at the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) in 2018 with a Bachelor's degree in Choral Conducting. In 2019, she switched to the Bachelor of Orchestra Conducting. She is currently studying for a Master's in Performance, Conducting at Christoph-Mathias Mueller's Conductors Studio ZHdK. In 2022, she received the Neeme Järvi Prize of the Gstaad Conducting Academy; for the 2022/23 season of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, chief conductor Paavo Järvi engaged her as assistant conductor.
During her studies, she conducted the Göttinger Symphonieorchester, the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, the Collegium Musicum Basel, the Zentralschweizer Jugendsinfonieorchester and the Schweizer Jugend-Sinfonie-Orchester, among others. She has worked with the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn and the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn.
