Since his professional debut at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in 2019, Louis Lohraseb has quickly established himself as an exciting young conductor on the international stage, with subsequent appearances at the Semperoper Dresden, Los Angeles Opera, Staatsoper Hamburg, and Komische Oper Berlin. Whether in Rossini “imbued with patter perfection” (SF Classical Voice, LA Opera), or in Mozart that “…sighs more clearly than elsewhere… showing pure emotions. Every one of his gestures was inviting and the result was an attentive sound that the singers could really adapt to” (Klassik begeistert, Staatsoper Hamburg), Lohraseb is charting a career grounded in the joyful sharing of tradition and a sincere commitment to musical storytelling.

On the heels of his fall 2024 debut (Alcina), Lohraseb returns to Rice University for Die Zauberflöte, and makes his debut with San Diego Opera in Carmen. These engagements follow his Central City Opera debut with Il Barbiere di Siviglia, which Opera Magazine praised for Lohraseb’s “masterful job of keeping his excellent orchestra in sync with the principal singers and chorus,” as well as concerts with the Skaneateles Festival Orchestra and Colorado Springs Philharmonic.

Following his Los Angeles Opera mainstage debut conducting Tosca, Lohraseb was immediately re-engaged for Il Barbiere di Siviglia and La Traviata. Elsewhere in 2023-24, he debuted at Staatsoper Hamburg (Le Nozze di Figaro), San Francisco Opera (Schwabacher Scenes Concerts, Merola Opera Program) and Atlanta Opera (A Midsummer Night’s Dream); and with the Oakland and Peoria symphonies and Wintergreen Music Festival. Recent seasons have included Semperoper Dresden (Carmen); Komische Oper Berlin (La Traviata); Opera Sarasota (Nozze; Thérèse); Carmen, La Rondine and Don Giovanni at Indiana University Opera Theatre; and gala concerts with Yale Opera and Summer Opera Tel Aviv.

An accomplished pianist, Lohraseb is a regular recital and chamber music partner collaborating with such artists as Erica Petrocelli, Liv Redpath, Charles Castronovo, Taylor Raven, Eric Silberger, Madalyn Parnas, and Cicely Parnas. He studied piano with Findlay Cockrell and Kevin Murphy, and harpsichord and theory with William Carragan.

Lohraseb was a recipient of the prestigious Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award in 2022, and he includes among his mentors Lorin Maazel, James Conlon, Arthur Fagen, and Kevin Murphy. An alumnus of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program at the Los Angeles Opera, he has served as assistant conductor to music director James Conlon for numerous productions since 2017 at the Los Angeles Opera and the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In recognition of his work at Los Angeles Opera, Lohraseb received the Eva and Marc Stein Artist Award in 2024.

Born to Iranian and Italian parents, Lohraseb was graduated summa cum laude from SUNY Geneseo, where he was an Edgar Fellow. He has been a Conducting Fellow at the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Shinik Hahm and served as assistant conductor to Peter Oundjian, John Adams, and Krzysztof Penderecki, among others; with additional post-graduate coursework at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

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