Stephen Mulligan is emerging as a compelling voice of his generation, known for his incisive musicality, imaginative programming, and dynamic presence on the podium. His work spans symphonic, operatic, and contemporary music, and he maintains a full guest conducting schedule across the US and Europe.

Highlights of ...

Stephen Mulligan is emerging as a compelling voice of his generation, known for his incisive musicality, imaginative programming, and dynamic presence on the podium. His work spans symphonic, operatic, and contemporary music, and he maintains a full guest conducting schedule across the US and Europe.

Highlights of the 2025–26 season include debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Syracuse Orchestra, and Cincinnati Opera, and return engagements with Ensemble MusikFabrik and Junges-Sinfonie Orchester Wetzlar. Following productions of Puccini’s La Rondine and Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, he also continues his collaboration with the University of North Texas Opera in a new staging of Handel’s Alcina.

As a guest conductor, he has also recently appeared with the Royal Danish Opera Academy, San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Filarmonica Transilvania, Gulbenkian Orchestra, and Athelas Ensemble.

Stephen Mulligan is the recipient of the Aspen Conducting Prize and a three-time recipient of the Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award. After his studies in Aspen, he was appointed Assistant and then Associate Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He has also served as Resident Conductor of the Cincinnati Opera and a Dudamel Fellow of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

As a composer, Mulligan studied with Jörg Widmann at the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin. His Haiku for contrabassist and vocalist Begüm Aslan inspired the creation of the Begüm Aslan Composition Competition, and in the 2025–26 season, percussionist David Moliner will premiere the sequel, Haiku II, at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. He will also be an artist in residence at the Willapa Bay Artist Residency in Washington State.

Stephen Mulligan is represented worldwide by Marianne Schmocker Artists New York and Munich.

Stefan Jackiw is one of America’s foremost violinists, captivating audiences with playing that combines poetry and purity with impeccable technique. Hailed for playing of “uncommon musical substance” that is “striking for its intelligence and sensitivity” (Boston Globe), Jackiw has appeared as a soloist with the Boston, ...

Stefan Jackiw is one of America’s foremost violinists, captivating audiences with playing that combines poetry and purity with impeccable technique. Hailed for playing of “uncommon musical substance” that is “striking for its intelligence and sensitivity” (Boston Globe), Jackiw has appeared as a soloist with the Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, among others.

In the 2025–26 season, Stefan Jackiw returns to the Pittsburgh Symphony for Korngold’s Concerto, the Baltimore Symphony for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto alongside Inon Barnatan and Hayoung Choi, conducted by Jonathan Heyward, and the Indianapolis Symphony for Berg’s Violin Concerto. He launches the Austin Symphony’s season with Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, which he also performs later with the Vancouver Symphony. Jackiw joins the Seoul Philharmonic and Mei-Ann Chen for Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy. In winter 2026, he opens the Laguna Beach Music Festival with three consecutive concerts featuring a varied repertoire, including Janáček’s Kreutzer Sonata. He also performs Dvořák’s Concerto with the Kansas City Symphony.

Jackiw is set to make his debut at London’s iconic Southbank Centre in a highly anticipated special trio project with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan. He continues touring with Junction Trio with engagements at Chamber Music Sedona, Sanford-Hill Piano Series, Noe Music, Caramoor, Jacksonville Symphony, and additional dates to be announced. As a recitalist, he returns to Montclair State University, Denver Friends of Chamber Music, Harvard University, Friends of Music Sleepy Hollow, and The Rockefeller University, with additional performances to be announced.

Jackiw’s 2024-25 season highlights include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra under Santtu-Matias Rouvali, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Suwon Philharmonic, Pasadena Symphony, The Florida Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic and the Jacksonville Symphony. He continued touring with Junction Trio, returning to the 92NY stage with a program including the world premiere of a new work by John Zorn and performing at Rockefeller University.

Jackiw opened his 2023-24 season returning to the New York Philharmonic to perform the Barber Concerto with Jaap van Zweden. His season also included a quadruple World Premiere of new works at Roulette, performances with the Taiwan Philharmonic, China National Symphony, and the Junction Trio’s highly praised debut at Carnegie Hall.

Jackiw tours frequently with his musical partners, pianist Conrad Tao and cellist Jay Campbell, as part of the Junction Trio. In 2021, Jackiw performed a new Violin concerto, written for him by Conrad Tao and premiered by the Atlanta Symphony and Baltimore Symphony. He also enjoys collaborating with pianist Jeremy Denk with whom he recorded the complete Ives Violin Sonatas on Nonesuch Records. The album was universally lauded by critics, with The New Yorker‘s Alex Ross naming Jackiw’s performance “a new standard.” In 2019, he recorded Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Inon Barnatan, Alisa Weilerstein, Alan Gilbert and Academy St. Martin in the Fields. He has also premiered David Fulmer’s concerto Jauchzende Bögen with Matthias Pintscher and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen at the Heidelberger Frühling.

Jackiw has performed in numerous major festivals and concert halls around the world, including the Aspen Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Caramoor International Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City Festival, the Philharmonie de Paris, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Celebrity Series of Boston, and the Washington Performing Arts Society.

Born to physicist parents of Korean and Ukrainian descent, Stefan Jackiw began playing the violin at the age of four. His teachers have included Zinaida Gilels, Michèle Auclair, and Donald Weilerstein. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, as well as an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory, and is the recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Jackiw plays a violin made by Domenico Montagnana “ex. Rossi” c. 1730, generously loaned by a private foundation. He lives in New York City.