Gustavo Gimeno

Gustavo Gimeno is Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (OPL) and incoming Music Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO). He is also a much sought-after guest conductor worldwide.

Gustavo Gimeno made his Canadian debut with the TSO—to public and critical acclaim—in February 2018 with a virtuosic concert program featuring music by Beethoven, Ligeti, and Dvořák. Gimeno has signed a five-year contract with the TSO to begin in the 2020/2021 season. He will be the TSO’s 11th Music Director starting in the Orchestra’s 99th season. 

Since he became Music Director of the OPL in 2015 he has conducted the orchestra in a wide variety of concert formats, appearing with the orchestra in many of the most prestigious concert halls throughout Europe. In 2017 the OPL and Gustavo Gimeno extended their contract until the 2021/2022 season inclusive.  Gustavo Gimeno made his opera debut in 2015 with Bellini’s Norma at the Valencia Opera House. In 2017 he conducted Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the OPL at the Grand Théâtre in Luxembourg.

Born in Valencia, Gustavo Gimeno began his international conducting career in 2012 as assistant to Mariss Jansons, while he was a member of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. He also gained invaluable experience as assistant to Bernard Haitink and Claudio Abbado, who strongly supported and influenced him in many respects as a mentor.