Gustavo Gimeno

Among Europe's fast-rising conductors in the late 2010s and early 2020s, Gustavo Gimeno became a North American sensation as well when he became music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 2020. Gimeno began his career as a percussionist but switched to conducting in adulthood with encouragement from one of his mentors, Mariss Jansons. Gimeno was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1976. His household was filled with music; one of his parents was a clarinetist, and his older brother studied clarinet and violin. Gustavo dreamed of a career as a conductor but took percussion an...