Slekyte first guest conductor in Linz
The 32-year-old Lithuanian conductor Giedre Slekyte will be Principal Guest Conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz from the 2021/2022 season. She studied conducting in Graz and Leipzig as well as at the Zurich University of the Arts.
After her engagement as 1st Kapellmeister at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt from 2016-18, she conducted at the opera houses in Leipzig, Zurich, Antwerp and at the Salzburg Festival. She also received an invitation from Zurich Opera House (Werther) in 2020/21.
Giedrė Šlekytė is a winner of the 2015 Malko International Conducting Competition and was awarded 2nd prize at the 2013 Solon Michaelides International Conducting Competition in Cyprus (no 1st prize was awarded). She was nominated for the Young Conductors Award at the 2015 Salzburg Festival and as Newcomer of the Year at the 2018 International Opera Awards.
