Karina Canellakis

After making her mark as a violinist, Karina Canellakis has firmly established herself as a conductor in the U.S. and Europe. After successful assistant and guest conducting appearances, she was named chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. She is also the principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic and Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestras. Canellakis grew up in New York in a musical family: her mother was a pianist, her father was a conductor, and her brother Nicholas is a cellist. Karina took up the violin as a child, attending the Curtis Insti...