Pitrenas resigns from his position as head of St. Gallen
Modestas Pitrenas will relinquish his functions as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Konzert und Theater St. Gallen at the end of the 2025/26 season for family reasons.
He is leaving at his own request for family reasons and due to the double burden of leading two professional orchestras, writes Konzert und Theater St. Gallen. He also holds the same position as in St. Gallen with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra in Vilnius. Modestas Pitrenas has been Chief Conductor since 2018 . As Artistic Director Concert, he has also been involved in the management since the 2023/24 season and contributed to the operational development of the largest cultural institution in Eastern Switzerland.
Concert and St. Gallen will announce further information on the succession plan at a later date. The succession plan will be "planned in cooperation between the Board of Directors, the management and the orchestra and implemented as quickly as possible".
