Gregory Charette
Conductor
Gregory Charette (Los Angeles, 1987) is a conductor and programmer deeply committed to the performance and promotion of new music. He is currently music director of Oerknal, a contemporary music collective dedicated to reimagining and reinvigorating the concert experience. He studied with Pierre Boulez at the 2011 Luzern Festival and has served as conductor in the Holland Festival’s John Cage Centennial as well as the Aldeburgh Festival’s Emerging Composers Program, where he has worked closely with Oliver Knussen and Colin Matthews. He made his debut with Asko|Schönberg in the opening concert of the 2012 Gaudeamus Festival. Gregory earned his Bachelor of Music in composition from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Lewis Nielson and participated in master-classes with Helmut Lachenmann, David Lang, and Rebecca Saunders. He moved to The Netherlands to study orchestral conducting at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. His primary teachers were Jac van Steen and Kenneth Montgomery. Engagements have included concerts with Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Residentie Orkest, RTSH Orchestra (Albania), Kosovo Philharmonic, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Asko|Schönberg, Nieuw Ensemble, Ensemble Contrechamps, Britten-Pears Ensemble and SONEMUS Ensemble (Bosnia).