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Nuno Coelho
Nuno Coelho

About Nuno

Chief Conductor & Artistic Director: Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias Founder & Artistic Director: Mondego International Music Academy

Nuno Coelho has been Chief Conductor of Spain’s Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias since October 2022. In addition to concerts in Ovideo, the 2026/27 season sees Nuno return to Stavanger Symphony, Tampere Philharmonic, Symphoniker Hamburg and Gulbenkian Orchestra, and debut with Toronto Symphony, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Tonkünstler-Orchester at Vienna’s Musikverein.

Highlights of the last three seasons have included concerts with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony, BBC Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Trondheim Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Antwerp Symphony, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquestra Sinfônica de São Paulo and Adelaide Symphony.

Nuno is Founder and Artistic Director of the Mondego International Music Academy where established artists mentor the next generation of composers, conductors and players. He has also conducted Spain's National Youth Orchestra (JONDE) on tour – including performances at the Konzerthaus Berlin and Rheingau Musik Festival – and in summer 2026 he conducts the Netherlands Youth Orchestra at the Concertgebouw.

Nuno’s opera credits include a semi-staging of Così fan tutte and José Saramago’s reimagining of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, both at the Gulbenkian. He has also conducted productions of La traviata, Cavalleria rusticana, Rusalka and Manon, as well as Lemi Ponifasio's staging of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde at the Barbican Centre with the Britten Sinfonia. He returns to Ópera de Oviedo in December 2026 for Manon Lescaut.

Nuno is based in Vienna

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General management with Askonas Holt

Partner Managers:
Ibermusica (Spain)

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Season Highlights

Aug 2026
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Wagner: Overture and Good Friday Music from Parsifal Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Netherlands Youth Orchestra
Sep 2026
Konserthus, Stavanger
Mozart: Symphony No. 33 Francisco Coll: Trombone Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 Ian Bousfield (trombone) Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Oct 2026
Gulbenkian, Lisbon
Pinto-Correia: Xántarra Dvořák: Cello Concerto Ives: Symphony No. 2 Maximilian Hornung (cello) Gulbenkian Orchestra
Nov 2026
Tampere-talo, Tampere
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Dec 2026
Campoamor Theater, Oviedo
Puccini: Manon Lescaut Ópera de Oviedo
Jan 2027
Prince Felipe Auditorium, Oviedo
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 Alina Ibragimova (violin) Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias
Feb 2027
George Weston Hall, Toronto
Sokolović: Ringelspiel Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 Dvořák: Symphony No. 6 Luka Coetzee (cello) Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Apr 2027
Musikverein, Vienna
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Tonkünstler-Orchester

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  • Mozart, Adès and Strauss with Tampere Philharmonic

    Tampere-talo, Finland
    Sep 2022
    • Vähän yli kolmekymppinen Coelho teki inspiroivan debyytin Tampereella. Tämän konsertin perusteella hän voi edetä urallaan vaikka minkälaisiin korkeuksiin. Hänessä on temperamenttja ja tarkkuutta, ja elekieli viestii puhdasta musiikkia ilman minkäänlaista teatraalisuutta. Coelho, in his early thirties, made an inspiring debut in Tampere. On the basis of this concert, he can go to any number of heights in his career. He has temperament and precision, and his gestures convey pure music without any theatricality. ★★★★★

  • Beethoven with Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

    Galicia, Spain
    Oct 2020
    • Sin caer en la tentación de acentuar sus aristas, Coelho demostró la calidad de su batuta y de su inspiración dando vida a una interpretación noble y serena que supo trasladar al público la esencia de tan sublime partitura. Without falling into the temptation of accentuating its edges, Coelho demonstrated the quality of his baton and his inspiration, giving life to a noble and serene interpretation that knew how to convey to the audience the essence of such a sublime score.

    • La versión de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia al mando de Nuno Coelho fue impecable, cuidadosa, consciente del lenguaje y de su significado. El joven (Oporto, 1989), premiado —en el Concurso de Cadaqués, por ejemplo— y suficientemente preparado maestro portugués firmó luego una magnífica versión de la Pastoral beethoveniana en la que mostró, junto a una orquesta muy concentrada, no sólo competencia técnica sino una idea muy clara de la partitura en la que, a mi entender, destacó el modo de tratar el segundo movimiento, con una delectación casi al límite, demorado pero clarísimo, definiendo muy bien cada plano sonoro —fue una excelente idea la de colocar primeros y segundos violines enfrentados—, cuidando enormemente cada mínimo detalle dinámico con naturalidad y sin aspavientos. The version of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia conducted by Nuno Coelho was impeccable, careful, aware of the language and its meaning. The young (Oporto, 1989), award-winning - e.g. at the Cadaqués Competition - and sufficiently prepared Portuguese maestro then conducted a magnificent version of the Beethovenian Pastoral in which he showed, together with a very concentrated orchestra, not only technical competence but also a very clear idea of the score. In my opinion, the way he treated the second movement stood out, with a delectation almost to the limit, delayed but very clear, defining each sound plane very well - it was an excellent idea to place first and second violins facing each other -, taking great care of every minimum dynamic detail with naturalness and without fuss.

  • Beethoven with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

    Munich
    Feb 2019
    • Coelho distinguished himself in the way he charted the music’s course from a wonderfully still choral opening to the exuberance of the full forces in the final bars.