About Pablo Mielgo, Artistic & Music Director

Pablo Mielgo, a conductor from Madrid, is a true world citizen with an entrepreneurial spirit and the mission to make music accessible to everyone. Pablo was appointed in 2020 as the Artistic & Music Director of Symphony of the Americas. He is also the Chief of the Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears (OSIB), based in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Following his studies at the Royal Conservatory in his hometown of Madrid, the Reina Sofia School, and then the London Guildhall School of Music, Pablo has led orchestras around the world.

Pablo is a sought-after conductor who continues to conduct globally. Some recent performances include the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra in the beautiful Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall in April of 2024, Slowakische Philharmonie in Vienna, Austria, Orchestra Sinfonica in Palermo, Italy and at the Volkstheater in Rostock, Germany. 

In February of 2023, Pablo led the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra in a gala performance with world-renown soprano Nadine Sierra at  the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré, Pablo Casals Symphony Hall. On April 3, 2023, Pablo had the distinct honor of conducting and leading a Gala Benefit concert for the “Projecte Home Balears,” chaired by S.M. The Queen Dona Sofia of Spain, with Queen Sofia in attendance, held at the Cathedral of Santa Maria de Mallorca in Palma.

For the past decade, Pablo has been an active leader within the United Nations to promote international peace and understanding through cultural exchanges, using the value of music in a society without borders. He has elevated the message of using music, the universal language of the world which can be “spoken” and understood, in peace and harmony. He has been conductor for the United Nations Human Rights concerts beginning in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and the recent Human Rights concert on December 10, 2023 in Geneva. Pablo is one of only 52 people world-wide, part of its “Great Creators” body of artists, who through art and music, help to foster debate at the highest level to inspire tolerance and understanding between Nations and cultures.

During the summer of 2023, Mielgo went on world tour with Pretty Yende who sang at the Coronation of King Charles in May 2023. 

Pablo is especially dedicated to the promotion of young talents. Since 2011, he has served as co-artistic director of the Medellin Philharmonic Academy, striving to give young artists access to musical education. Since 2005 he has been the musical and artistic director of the SaludArte Foundation, which aims to bring about social change through music.

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