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, Chicago, Cleveland, ...

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 2024-25 season, Stefan Jackiw’s schedule is studded with performances in the United States, Europe, and Asia. In November, he returns to the Cleveland Orchestra to perform Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto under the baton of Santtu-Matias Rouvali. That same month, Jackiw releases his recording of the complete violin sonatas of Charles Ives with his longtime collaborator, pianist Jeremy Denk on Nonesuch. Of the disc, Alex Ross wrote in The New Yorker, “Jackiw sets a new standard.” In the Winter of 2024, Jackiw will join the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland under Hans Graf’s baton and debut with the Suwon Philharmonic in South Korea. The Junction Trio will return to the 92NY stage to showcase a program featuring the world premiere of a New Work by John Zorn, followed by Jackiw’s residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he will lead performances and masterclasses. Jackiw will then join the Pasadena Symphony for Mozart’s Violin Concerto, along with a Junction Trio performance at Rockefeller University and a performance of Korngold’s Violin Concerto with The Florida Orchestra in the Spring. Please note that the 2024-25 season is subject to additions, and performance updates will be added to Stefan Jackiw’s website as they are announced.

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 recently performed a new violin concerto, written for him by Conrad Tao and premiered by the Atlanta Symphony and Baltimore Symphony. He has also premiered David Fulmer’s concerto Jauchzende Bögen with Matthias Pintscher and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen at the Heidelberger Frühling.

A devoted chamber musician, Jackiw is the Artistic Director of the Hawaii Chamber Music Festival. In addition, Jackiw tours frequently with his musical partners, pianist Conrad Tao and cellist Jay Campbell, as part of the Junction Trio. Last season, Jackiw also collaborated in a special piano trio project at 92NY with Daniil Trifonov and Alisa Weilerstein. In 2019, he recorded Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Inon Barnatan, Alisa Weilerstein, Alan Gilbert and Academy St. Martin in the Fields.

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, New York’s Mostly Mozart 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 in 1705 by Vincenzo Ruggieri.

He lives in New York City.