GEOFFREY LOFF

Joy in music-making

Conductor Geoffrey Loff is a sought-after musical partner to some of the world’s most renowned musical institutions, and has assisted and worked alongside Sir Simon Rattle, Christian Thielemann, Daniel Barenboim, amongst many others. The new Assistant to the Music Director at Komische Oper Berlin, Geoffrey was most recently a music staff member of the renowned Staatsoper Berlin.

Recipient of the 2023 Career Assistance Award from the Solti Foundation US, 2nd prize at the Blue Danube Opera Conducting Competition, Geoffrey is a graduate of the prestigious Aspen Conducting Academy, Houston Grand Opera Studio, and Minnesota Opera resident artist program. In seasons past, Geoffrey has been a guest cover conductor at San Francisco Opera, assistant conductor at Houston Grand Opera, and Music Director of Houston Grand Opera’s HGOco. Upcoming conducting engagements include performances at Stara Zagora State Opera House and Opera Orlando.

With ebullience, warmth, and joy in his music making, Geoffrey is equally versatile in bel canto repertoire (Barbiere di Siviglia, Houston Grand Opera; Il Signor Bruschino, Sarasota Opera), baroque opera (Dido and Aeneas, Sarasota Opera), and modern opera (Glory Denied, HGOco), Geoffrey’s breadth of repertoire encompasses symphonic, chamber, lieder, and solo works as well. In addition, Geoffrey is also an esteemed concert and collaborative pianist, who’s performed in concert with the Berlin Staatskapelle, for the U.S. Chopin Foundation, with Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, and Anna Maria Martinez.