Guest conductor José-Luis Novo seeks Syracuse Orchestra music director position

This article introduces one of six finalists for The Syracuse Orchestra’s position of music director. We will profile finalists prior to the first of two concerts they are scheduled to conduct. Finalists will be introduced to the community at events that are listed on the orchestra’s website. The successful candidate will be announced at the end of the 2025-26 season.

After the 2011 bankruptcy of Syracuse Symphony Orchestra , the musicians, determined to keep professional orchestral-music in the area, performed as Symphony Syracuse under the auspices of Musical Associates of Central New York. José-Luis Novo conducted that ensemble Oct. 27, 2012, in a program of works by Glinka, Grieg and Rachmaninoff.

He returned a year later to conduct “Tribute to Composers for the Cinema”