Marko Letonja
Marko Letonja is a Slovenian conductor.Biography
Letonja studied piano and conducting at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where his conducting teachers included Anton Nanut. He continued his conducting studies at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts, with such teachers as Otmar Suitner. He granted from the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts in 1989.
From 1996 to 2002, Letonja was chief conductor of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2011 through the end of 2018, Letonja was chief conductor and artistic director of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. He now has the title of conductor laureate of the TSO.
In 2012, Letonja became music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. In 2018, he became chief conductor of the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra. Letonja is scheduled to conclude his Strasbourg tenure at the close of the 2020-2021 season.
