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American German conductor and pianist Luke Poeppel is the Assistant Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony and a 2025 winner of a Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award. He recently served as the Associate Conductor for Cerrone & Fleischmann’s opera In a Grove at the 2025 Prototype Festival, stepping in to conduct the full run of performances (which received critical acclaim from such outlets as the New York Times and the Observer). In Summer 2025, Poeppel conducted In a Grove with Opera Saratoga and also served as the Assistant Conductor for Tosca and Sunday in the Park with George at the Glimmerglass Festival (conducting the latter for its final performance). He returns to Glimmerglass in 2026 to assist for Madama Butterfly and Fellow Travelers.

With the Kansas City Symphony, he has conducted performances featuring Cody Fry, Project Trio, Capathia Jenkins (2026), as well as a number of Family & Education concerts. In the 25/26 season, in addition to his duties in Kansas City, he debuts with the Grossman Ensemble and assists for Andrea Chénier at OperaDelaware. Previous engagements include the Reno Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, Orchestra of the League of Composers, Exceptet, and the Washington Square New Music Ensemble. Poeppel has served as a cover conductor for orchestras and ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and Juilliard Opera.

Based in New York City, Poeppel is a 2024 graduate of the Eastman School of Music where he received his Master's in Conducting. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from New York University.