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From our Principal Pops Conductor, to our Assistant Conductor to the internationally renowned guest conductors that ensure that each Charleston Symphony performance is unique.

Staff Conductors

Yuriy Bekker

Yuriy Bekker

Artistic Director, Concertmaster & Principal Pops Conductor
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Ryo hasegawa

Ryo Hasegawa

Assistant Conductor
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Jessica Zhou Seymour

Conductor, Charleston Symphony Youth Sinfonietta
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Guest Conductors
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    Vladimir Kulenovic

    Conductor2026 - 2027
    Masterworks:Firebird & Fairy Tales
    About Vladimir
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    Kensho Watanabe

    Conductor2026 - 2027
    Masterworks:Concerto for Orchestra
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    Miguel Harth-Bedoya

    Conductor2026 - 2027
    Masterworks:Beethoven's “Eroica” Symphony
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    John Morris Russell

    Conductor2026 - 2027
    Masterworks:Olga Kern Plays Rach 2
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    Ken-David Masur

    Conductor2026 - 2027
    Masterworks:Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
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    Chelsea Gallo

    Conductor2026 - 2027
    Masterworks:Pictures at an Exhibition
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    Michael Francis

    Conductor2024 - 2025
    Masterworks:Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto / Mahler's 3rd Symphony
    About Michael
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    Katharina Wincor

    Conductor2025 - 2026
    Masterworks:Beethoven & Tchaikovsky
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    Andrew Litton

    Conductor2025 - 2026
    Masterworks:New World Symphony
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    Carlos Izcaray

    Carlos Izcaray

    Conductor2025 - 2026
    Masterworks:Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy
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    William edwards

    William Eddins

    Conductor2023 - 2024
    Masterworks:The Music of Bernstein and Marsalis / Scheherazade
    About William
    Carl St. Clair

    Carl St.Clair

    Conductor2023 - 2024
    Masterworks:Majestic Bruckner / Alpine Symphony with Bruch’s Violin Concerto
    About Carl
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    Keitaro Harada

    Conductor2025 - 2026
    Masterworks:Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony
    About Keitaro
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    Carlos Miguel Prieto

    Conductor2025 - 2026
    Masterworks:An Evening with Emanuel Ax
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    Ming luke

    Ming Luke

    Conductor2025 - 2026
    Masterworks:Gershwin’s Piano Concerto
    About Ming
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    Hans Graf

    Conductor2024 - 2025
    Masterworks:Symphonie fantastique
    About Hans
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    José Luis Gomez

    Conductor2024 - 2025
    Masterworks:Brahms' Symphony No. 2
    About José
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    Mikhail Agrest

    Conductor2024 - 2025
    Masterworks:Mahler 2
    About Mikhail
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    JoAnn Falletta

    Conductor2024 - 2025
    Masterworks:Beethoven's 5th Symphony
    About JoAnn
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    Andrew Grams

    Conductor2024 - 2025
    Masterworks:Sanctuary Road
    About Andrew
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    Hugh Wolff

    Conductor2024 - 2025
    Masterworks:Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto
    About Hugh
    Sarah hicks

    Sarah Hicks

    Conductor
    About Sarah

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    September 27Special Event

    Lang Lang with the CSO

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    Firebird & Fairy Tales

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    October 9Family Concert

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    Chamber Music 1 with Zuill Bailey

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