Juan Sebastián Acosta
Juan Sebastián Acosta
Juan Sebastián Acosta is a conductor on international level. Until 2017 chief conductor of the orchestra of the Vienna University of Technology and until 2015 musical director of the Opera Jove de Catalunya in Barcelona. Since its foundation in 2016 head of the children´s orchestra of the Vienna University of Technology “TUO-next generation”.
In 2015 performances of Beethoven´s Fidelio with the orchestra of the Vienna University of Technology. In 2013 concerts with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá. Member of the Arnold Schönberg Choir Vienna with opera and concert performances at “Theater an der Wien” and Vienna’s Musikverein. 2017 soloist with the Concentus Musicus Vienna at the opening of the Harnoncourt-days in Sankt Georgen am Attergau. Prizewinner of competitions such as „Professor Dichler competition 2012“ in Vienna.
Studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna under U. Lajovic und E. Ortner. Masterclasses with A. Orozco-Estrada. Long-term experience in conducting children´s and youth orchestras.