Nathanaël Iselin

First Prize winner and Special Prize of the Orchestra at the 8th International Jorma Panula Conducting Competition, Nathanaël Iselin is a French conductor based in Scandinavia and the Netherlands. Iselin’s background as a contemporary percussion player cultivated in him a refined sensibility to the palette of sound colors. Combining it with an extensive training in harmony at the Paris Conservatoire, he developed a remarkable versatility that spans both classical and contemporary repertoires. The finesse of his sound landscape particularly flourishes in the late-romantic and modern styles, with colorist composers such as Debussy and Ravel, as well as Mahler, Strauss and Sibelius. Paired with his percussion-trained strong sense of rhythm, he also excels in Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovi