Wilson Hermanto

Praised for his deep musicality, natural authority, communicative energy and elegance, Wilson Hermanto has been the Principal Guest Conductor of the chamber orchestra Cameristi della Scala since 2017. During the 2025-26 season, he returns to the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, this time with the Cameristi della Scala, having made his debut there the previous year with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Further concerts in Switzerland and abroad highlight the connection between Wilson Hermanto and the Milanese ensemble. During the same season, he also works with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala and the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra.

With the Cameristi della Scala, in addition to the concerts at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Wilson Hermanto took the orchestra to perform in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey and Hong Kong and was also invited back to perform at the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. In recent seasons, he collaborated with renowned soloists such as Veronika Eberle, Simon Trpčeski, Daniel Müller-Schott, Maxim Rysanov and Pierre Génisson. Wilson Hermanto also worked with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra in Wrocław. Since 2022, he is the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Vevey Spring Classic festival together with the cellist Daniel Müller-Schott.

As a guest conductor, Wilson Hermanto conducted Bernstein “Candide” with the Baltic State Opera in Poland and worked with Sinfonia Varsovia, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Metz, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra, Argovia Philharmonic, Chilean National Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra, North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala and Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Wilson Hermanto performed with several of France's major orchestras such as Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Orchestre National d'Île-de-France, and Orchestre National de Bretagne. Around the globe he has worked with the Cleveland Orchestra, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, NDR Radio Philharmonie Hannover, Ulster Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Contrechamps and many others.

With a wide repertoire spanning from the Baroque period to the music of our time, Wilson Hermanto has worked with many renowned contemporary composers such as Zygmunt Krauze, Bruno Mantovani, Jörg Widmann, Agata Zubel, Thuridur Jónsdóttir, Helmut Lachenmann, Eric Montalbetti, Giovanni Sollima, Magdalena Długosz, H.K. Gruber, Matteo Franceschini, Enno Poppe, Teoniki Rożynek, Wojciech Błazejczyk and Lowell Liebermann. Among the soloists with whom Wilson Hermanto has worked together include Maxim Vengerov, Lang Lang, Francesco Piemontesi, Gautier Capuçon, David Fray, Till Fellner, Alexei Volodin, Sergei Babayan, Carolin Widmann, Alina Pogostkina, Nils Mönkemeyer, Kian Soltani, Richard Galliano, Radek Baborák, Michael Barenboim and the Trio Wanderer.

Born in Indonesia and a long-time resident of Switzerland, Wilson Hermanto graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. After earning a bachelor's degree in violin, he obtained a master's degree in conducting from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with the Swedish maestro Sixten Ehrling. As a close mentor during more than a decade, Sir Colin Davis took a keen interest in Wilson Hermanto's musical development. He was also one of the last students in Carlo Maria Giulini's conducting class at the Scuola Musica di Fiesole in Italy. In addition, he studied at the Tanglewood Music Center with Seiji Ozawa and at the Lucerne Festival Academy on invitation of Pierre Boulez.

Wilson Hermanto and the Cameristi della Scala released an album in late 2024 featuring Beethoven Symphony No. 2 and Mozart Symphony No. 35, known as the "Haffner" Symphony (CD Claves Records). Under the direction of Wilson Hermanto, the Sinfonia Varsovia, featuring French trumpeter Clément Saunier as soloist, has recorded an album for Claves Records comprising trumpet concertos by Heinz Karl Gruber, Péter Eötvös, and Bernd Alois Zimmermann. Release is scheduled for Spring 2026.