Sascha Goetzel

Viennese born Sascha Goetzel&rsquos trademarks are conviction and passion, as audiences and critics around the world have consistently noted. He is Principal Conductor of the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, Finland, and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, and has held posts as Resident Conductor at the Pacific Music Festival founded by Leonard Bernstein, Music and Artistic Director of the Austrian-Korean Philharmonic, and Associate Conductor of the Attergau Institute Orchestra, the training orchestra of the Vienna Philharmonic. Having initially trained as a violinist, Goetzel began his orchestral career working at close quarters with many of the world’s greatest conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti and Seiji Ozawa. He has m