Meet My Collaborators

Australian conductor Leonard Weiss CF is rapidly building a dynamic career, having been selected as a Conducting Fellow for the 2025 Tanglewood Music Center. Under the mentorship of Andris Nelsons, he will conduct approximately a dozen concerts with the TMC Orchestra this summer, culminating in a prestigious 2026 mainstage debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, shared with Nelsons as part of their subscription series.

New Zealand–Greek composer Ioannis (John) Psathas has a history of large-scale collaborative projects (such as writing for the ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, and collaborating with iconic artists such as Salman Rushdie, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, Serj Tankian, Oum, and many others). Following three decades of creating works for traditional ensembles (particularly in the world of percussion) the nature of John's work has now shifted into a space of urgent social commentary, combining a range of live performance formats and technologies. Having collaborated in electronica, pop, classical, jazz, and multi-ethnic projects, he is now weaving these strands into new work that integrates virtuosic live performance with video, text, and cinematic soundscapes.

Mark is an active performer on the violin, viola, piano, and as a conductor – being particularly well known for his career as an advocate for music recently composed, and music written in Aotearoa. His career has a world-wide reach, and includes as a member of the Los Angeles-based string quartet, the Formalist Quartet. He is also a composer of music, inspired to write for a wide range of performance circumstances – ranging from concert orchestral music to his own form of theatrical music.