Marko Letonja

Marko Letonja is one of the leading conductors to emerge from southeastern Europe. After graduating in 1989, it did not take long for Letonja to find a professional position; from 1991 to 2003, he was music director of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2003, Letonja took a dual position as music director of the Sinfonieorchester Basel and music director and chief conductor of Theater Basel, leading operatic performances. With the Sinfonieorchester Basel, he made his recording debut, issuing a cycle of the symphonies of Felix Weingartner that continued even after he left his post with the orchestra in 2006. In 2012, Letonja became the chief conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg in France, holding that post until 2021 and making several recordings with that group, including a 2022 album featuring Janáček's Glagolitic Mass. Since 2019, Letonja has been music director of the Bremen Philharmonic.