Across the 2026/27 season, Samy Moussa is Composer-in-Residence at the Concertgebouw’s Saturday Matinee series, and will conduct the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra as part of his residency – performing Prokofiev’s Scythian Suite and Lutoslawsky’s Concerto for Orchestra. The series also features performances by the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Choir, and the Dutch premiere of his Flute Concerto for Emmanuel Pahud, co-commissioned by the NTR ZaterdagMatinee. Moussa also conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony alongside the UK premiere of Quodlibet, and in Salzburg and Vienna with the Camerata Prima Wien.
As well as being a highly-renowned composer, Moussa has made a name for himself as a conductor through a range of repertoire with many orchestras around the world, including the Bayerischer Staatsorchester, Helsinki Philharmonic, Milan Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Vienna Radio Symphony, MDR Symphony Leipzig, Zürich Chamber Orchestra, Québec Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and Musikkollegium Winterthur. Of his concerts at the 2025 Festival International Bach Montréal, La Presse noted that "Samy Moussa is not just one of those "composers-who-conduct"... it also requires the technique and, above all, the temperament of the conductor, all of which he is undeniably endowed with.”
Notable premieres of recent seasons include orchestral work Elysium which was premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic and Christian Thielemann in 2021 and has since received multiple performances worldwide. His newest work, Dithyramb, is set to have its world premiere at the Last Night of the Proms in September 2026. Moussa’s Symphony No. 2 was premiered in 2022 by the Toronto Symphony and again at the BBC Proms, and in 2025 the Dutch National Opera & Ballet gave the premiere of oratorio Antigone. Other recent highlights include the premieres of Adgilis Deda by the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck and Trombone Concerto Yericho with Orchestre National de Lyon and Jörgen van Rijen. Throughout the season, Moussa’s works can be heard performed by ensembles including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as co-commissioners of Quodlibet, the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra as co-commissioners of Ring, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
Samy Moussa’s works have also been commissioned and performed by the likes of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Oslo Opera House and Ballet, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, DSO Berlin, Rotterdam Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has featured as Artist-in-Residence at Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Composer-in-Residence with Helsinki Philharmonic and frequently collaborates with Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. Moussa’s works remain popular with internationally renowned conductors such as Manfred Honeck, Kent Nagano, Stéphane Denève, Christian Thielemann, Christoph Eschenbach, Gustavo Gimeno, Hannu Lintu, Kevin John Edusei, Eva Ollikainen, Fabien Gabel and Lorenzo Viotti.
Samy Moussa’s work has been acclaimed by critics, juries and audiences alike. Elysium was described as “music that is vast: it shines with a glowing radiance, and yet has monumental impact; it’s magisterial in size and has enormous dynamic range to fill the space around it” (Opera Today), and Moussa’s works have thus attracted notable awards including the 2020 Laureate of Fondation Banque Populaire, 2018 Villa Massimo Fellowship, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival’s 2017 Paul Hindemith Prize, the Ernst von Siemens 2013 Composers’ Prize, and a 2012 Bayerischen Kunstförderpreis for his work as Music Director of INDEX Ensemble.
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