Now in his second season as Music Director and Conductor of the New Hampshire Philharmonic (NHPO), Anthony Princiotti continues to bring a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to every rehearsal and performance.

Having studied with an enviable list of symphonic “heavies” — including Leonard Bernstein, Gustav Meier, and Seiji Ozawa — it’s no wonder NHPO audiences have been wowed. Princiotti’s extraordinarily high level of musical excellence has proven to be an ideal catalyst for superb performances.

Conductor Princiotti shares a common musical passion with members of the orchestra, the audience, and the community at large and the results are infectious. Audience members find the music approachable, understandable, and compelling — even for those with limited (or no) experience listening to orchestral music.

Princiotti’s love of music began at the age of four, when he studied the violin with his father. As a 1980 graduate of the famed Juilliard School, he went on to earn his Master of Musical Arts degree from the Yale School of Music in 1991, and his Doctorate in 1999.

Princiotti was a recipient of a conducting fellowship at Tanglewood (1987) and a recipient of the Marshall Bartholomew Scholarship, the Charles Ives Scholarship, and the Yale School of Music Alumni Association Prize. He was first violinist with the Apple Hill Chamber Players (1981-1987), performing 70-80 concerts annually throughout the United States and teaching every summer at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music. During this time, he also served as the music director and conductor of the Brandeis Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor Princiotti is also Music Director and Conductor of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra and Associate Conductor of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. He has served as Assistant Conductor of the National Repertory Orchestra and, from 1993 to 1996, as Director of Instrumental Music and Conductor at Amherst College. As a guest Conductor, Princiotti has appeared with the Vermont Symphony, the Hartford Symphony, the Sao Paolo State Symphony and the New England String Ensemble.

An avid runner, Princiotti has completed three marathons. His other interests include tai-chi, baseball, motorcycles, and his delightful seven-year-old daughter, Nora, with whom he lives in Walpole, NH.