For the record
The facts, kept brief.
The rest of this site is about how Karin thinks. This page is for those who need the record — managers, promoters, press — set down plainly, on one page.
Now
Director of Orchestras and Director of Graduate Orchestral Conducting, University of New Mexico (since 2025) — alongside continued international engagements.
Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra · Belgium National Symphony · Orchestra National d’Ile de France · BBC Symphony · BBC Philharmonic · BBC Concert Orchestra · Nashville Symphony Orchestra · Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra · BBC Scottish Symphony · BBC NOW · Manchester Camerata · Royal Northern Sinfonia · London Mozart Players
Opera
Dallas Opera Hart Institute of Women Conductors · Chorus Master, Royal Opera House · Chorus Master, Longborough Festival Opera · Atelier des Créatrices d’Opéra at the Festival Aix-en-Provence · European Network of Opera Academies Young Conductor Residency · Music Director, Opera Holland Park · Music Director, Fuel Opera (UK tour)
International Youth (orchestra unless otherwise designated)
Concertgebouworkest Young (preparation) · National Conservatory Belgium (opera) · National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain · National Youth Orchestra of Scotland · Royal Conservatoire Scotland · Royal Academy of Music · London Symphony Orchestra / Guildhall School of Music side-by-sides · North Carolina School of the Arts (opera and ballet) · Orchestra preparations for Gustavo Dudamel, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Lorenzo Viotti, Marin Alsop
Initiatives
KidMaestro© — empowering kids through music and creativity · Orchestra Alchemy© — Defining repertoire, Re-defining concerts. · The Creativity Conversation©: Discovering how creativity fuels the world; discussing the intersection of leadership and creativity
Languages
diction German · diction Italian
In the press
…a gripping performance, thanks in large part to Karin Hendrickson’s sure and sensitive conducting.
Gramophone Magazine
…delivered with style and panache…
The Evening Standard (London)
Conductor Karin Hendrickson guided them through the Overture and Dream Pantomime with glowing results, while sustaining an astute contact with the singers…
Opera Magazine
A fuller media archive — broadcasts, films, interviews — will follow once links are confirmed.