Hailed by the Berliner Morgenpost as ‘a poised orchestral leader’, the young conductor Eugene Tzigane is often praised for his elegant conducting style, natural musical authority and ‘almost fanatical precision’ (Neue Volksblatt). His reputation as a versatile force on the podium is witnessed by his many return engagements throughout Europe, North America and the Far East.

He achieved early recognition winning Second Prize at the 2008 Solti Competition, leading to invitations from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Frankfurt Radio Symphony and Nordwestdeutsche (NWD) Philharmonie. He was immediately appointed Principal Conductor of the NWD Philharmonie, a position which he held until 2014.

Tzigane enjoys many ongoing relationships with ensembles worldwide, including the Norwegian Radio, Lahti Symphony, Tampere Philharmonic and Helsingborg Symphony orchestras. Other recent European engagements have taken him to the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Norrköping Symphony, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Sinfonieorchester Basel.

Since his US debut with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Tzigane has conducted the symphony orchestras of Oregon, New Jersey, Fort Worth, North Carolina, Columbus and the Rochester Philharmonic. At his Chicago debut conducting the Grant Park Orchestra he was praised by the Chicago Tribune for ‘bringing freshness and energy’. He conducts regularly in Japan including with the Yomiuri Nippon and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestras and has been to Australia with the Adelaide Symphony and West Australian Symphony Orchestras.

With a natural flair for working with singers, Tzigane made his Bayerische Staatsoper debut conducting a new production of Così fan tutte, and more recently took the helm of Die Zauberflöte at the Staatsoper Hamburg, Die Fledermaus at Oper Frankfurt and Carmen at the Royal Swedish Opera.