Music Director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen is one of the most exciting talents of the new generation of conductors. With invitations to the Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Bayerische Rundfunk, WDR Cologne, Maggio Musicale, Israel Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, and Japan Philharmonic amongst others Inkinen is making his mark on the international concert scene. He has already worked with a number of important orchestras, including the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Bamberg Symphony, NDR Hannover, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Belgique, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Malmö Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, Iceland Symphony, Tivoli Symphony, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, RAI Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano G. Verdi, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre National de Lille, National Arts Center Orchestra Ottawa, Toronto Symphony, BBC Scottish Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Melbourne, West Australia, Tasmania and Queensland Orchestras, New Zealand Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and KBS Symphony. He has enjoyed successful collaborations with soloists such as Vadim Repin, Hilary Hahn and Pinchas Zukerman.