Julian Pellicano

Starting with the 24/25 season, Julian Pellicano will begin a new role as a staff conductor with the National Ballet of Canada, conducting productions in Toronto and on tour throughout the season.

Julian will make his debut in South Korea with Symphony S.O.N.G. at the Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul South Korea. The concert on May 20th, 2023 will include music by Sibelius and Grieg.

Julian will make his conducting debut with the National Ballet of Canada, June of 2023 in performances of Alexei Ratmansky’s visually striking production of Romeo and Juliet.

After four successful engagements with the company, Julian has been appointed to the position of Principal Conductor with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. As the company celebrates is 80th season in 2019 - 2020, Julian will begin his position on the artistic staff, conducting performances with orchestra in Winnipeg and on national and international tours.

Julian Pellicano will perform Jurassic Park Live, with the Seattle Symphony, May 29 - 30, 2019. 

Julian was featured in The Georgia Straights in an interview by Mike Usinger talking about performing films live with orchestra and his upcoming performances with the Vancouver Symphony.

On December 6th, Julian will lead the Yale Philharmonia in eight new works for orchestra by Ryan Lindviet, Nate May, Frances Pollock, Aaron Levin, Anteo Fabris, Grant Luhmann and Tanner Porter.

Julian to appear with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.

After a successful debut in 2017, Julian has been re-invited to conduct two productions with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet during the 2018 / 2019 season. Working with renowned dancer and choreographer Lila York, he will kick off the RWB's season with a re-mounting of their critically acclaimed 2013 production, The Handmaid's Tale, with music by James MacMillan, Arvo Pärt, Alfred Schnittke, Andrzej Panufnik, Leonard Bernstein and John Corigliano. In 2019 Julian will close the RWB season with The Wizard of Oz, a new production co-commissioned by the RWB with a new score by composer Matthew Pierce.