Multiple Grammy® Award-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta is music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, music director laureate of the Virginia Symphony, principal guest conductor and artistic advisor of the Omaha Symphony, principal guest conductor of the Brevard Music Center, and conductor laureate of the Hawaii Symphony. She is recognized by Gramophone Magazine as one of the “Fifty Great Conductors” of all time, and by ASCAP as “a leading force for music of our time”.
As music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta became the first woman to lead a major American orchestra. She has overseen one of the orchestra’s most productive recording and touring eras, bringing the Philharmonic to an unprecedented level of national and international prominence. The BPO is ranked as one of the top five orchestras of CD releases on international labels.
With a discography of over 135 titles, Falletta has won two individual Grammy Awards for Richard Danielpour’s The Passion of Yeshua with the BPO and the music of Kenneth Fuchs with the London Symphony, and was the conductor on the BPO’s double Grammy Award-winning album of John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man. She was also nominated for four additional Grammys, including two for Best Orchestral Performance.
Falletta’s guest conducting career has taken her to the world’s leading orchestras, including over 100 orchestras in North America across 48 states, Canada, and Mexico. Internationally, she has conducted many of the most prominent orchestras in Europe, Asia, and South America. She has conducted over 1,700 orchestral works by 650 composers with 200 premieres, including over 135 works by more than 70 women composers.
Falletta is a member of the esteemed American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has served by presidential appointment as a member of the National Council on the Arts, and is the recipient of many of the most prestigious conducting awards.
Falletta has held the positions of principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Phoenix Symphony, music director of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, associate conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and music director of the Denver Chamber Orchestra and The Women’s Philharmonic. After earning her bachelor’s degree at Mannes, she received master’s and doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School.
For more information, visit joannfalletta.com.
JoAnn Falletta will conduct TŌN on November 14, 15, and 17, 2026; and on May 1, 2027. She has previously conducted the orchestra four times.
Bio: Oct 2026