Domingo Hindoyan is the Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and former Principal Guest Conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.
During his first season in Liverpool, Hindoyan opened his tenure with a critically acclaimed conducting debut at the BBC Proms, after which he embarked upon various recording projects, the first of which was released in September 2022. He also collaborated with Liverpool’s well established ‘In Harmony’ educational programme and continued to demonstrate his commitment to new music with various world premieres and commissions during his second season. Hindoyan has released five albums with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. The first exploring Roberto Sierra’s music over the last 25 years and was released in April 2023. In October 2023, Hindoyan released ‘Verismo’ which explores preludes and intermezzos from Italian operas. His recording of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony was released February 2024. His most recent album, ‘Venezuela! Music from the Americas!’, was released in October 2024.
Now in his fourth season as Chief Conductor with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo's concert highlights will include Mahler’s First and Third, and the next instalment of his exploration of Bruckner’s symphonies, this time taking on the Ninth. In addition, in season 24/25 Domingo returns to the Wiener Staatsoper, whilst making his debut at both Los Angeles Opera and Paris Opera. He will also make long awaited debuts with BBC Symphony Orchestra and Houston Symphony.
Highlights of season 23/24 included an acclaimed tour of Japan with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, in the USA concerts with the Boston Symphony, LA Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and in Europe with the Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra.
On the opera stage in recent seasons, he has led various productions with The Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Opera National de Bordeaux, Chicago Lyric Opera, Liceu Opera Barcelona, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Real Madrid, Opera du Rhin, Royal Swedish Opera, Opera Dijon and Royal Opera House Muscat.
Hindoyan continues to enjoy a vibrant career leading acclaimed ensembles and orchestras around the world including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, New World Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra National du Capitole de Toulouse and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. He has also conducted concerts and operas at many renowned festivals, such as the Menuhin Festival Gstaad and as a regular guest at the Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier.
Domingo Hindoyan was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He began his career as a violinist and member of the renowned Venezuelan musical education program El Sistema, and then was a member of Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. He later went on to study conducting in Europe at the Haute École de Musique de Genève with Professor Laurent Gay and was the first assistant to Daniel Barenboim at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin between 2013 and 2016.
March 2025
