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American German conductor and pianist Luke Poeppel is currently a David T. Beals III Assistant Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony. He recently served as 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, the Observer, and the Financial Times. In Summer 2025, Poeppel will conduct In A Grove with Opera Saratoga, as well as serve as the Assistant Conductor for Tosca and Sunday in the Park with George at the Glimmerglass Festival.
With the Kansas City Symphony, in the 24-25' season he conducted performances featuring Cody Fry and Project Trio, a series of KinderKonzerts co-hosted by KMBC’s Bryan Busby, and a 'Back to the 80s' Pops concert. Other recent engagements include the Reno Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Modern (in Frankfurt, Germany), the Orchestra of the League of Composers, the Washington Square New Music Ensemble, Exceptet Ensemble, and Rochester Summer Opera. Poeppel has served as a cover conductor for orchestras and ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, the San Diego Symphony, the Tokyo Symphony, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Signal, and Contemporaneous. In the 25-26 season, Poeppel makes his debut with the Grossman Ensemble in Chicago.
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. He is the recipient of a 2025 Career Assistance Award from The Solti Foundation U.S.