Fernando Gaggini

Fernando Gaggini recently finished a one-year program in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München studying with Marcus Bosch and Georg Fritzsch. This upcoming Fall he joins Boston University to pursue his DMA in Orchestral Conducting under the guidance of James Burton. During his time in Germany, he studied piano-coaching with Wolf Storz and conducted the Münchener Kammerorchester, Münchner Symphoniker, Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau, Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock and Bad Reichenhaller Philharmoniker.

Mr. Gaggini holds a MM degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), where he was awarded a full scholarship and an assistantship. While at CCM, he served as assistant conductor of the CCM Philharmonia and CCM Concert Orchestra, was mentored by Mark Gibson and Aik-Khai Pung and participated in masterclasses with Ken Lam and Neil Varon. Some of his most notable performances at CCM were Benjamin Britten’s opera “The Turn of the Screw”, Charles Minkus’ ballet La Bayadere, Debussy’s Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra and Johannes Brahms’ Serenade No. 2. His interest in opera led him to attend the Opera Bootcamp summer course in 2018, where he conducted Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Donizetti’s Don Pasquale.

Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Fernando graduated from his Bachelor in Orchestral Conducting at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina in 2015, where he studied with Carlos Vieu. He was also selected to participate in the renowned Orchestral Conducting Masterclass at Teatro Colón with Guillermo Scarabino in 2016 and was a member of the “Zahir” Chamber Choir with which he performed regularly and participated in the Argentinian premiere of Luigi Nono’s “Das Atmende Klarsein”.