Gianandrea Noseda Appointed as New Music Director of National Symphony Orchestra

In a surprisingly early decision made by the National Symphony Orchestra, the company has announced that Italian conductor, Gianandrea Noseda, will take the reins as its seventh music director. The new appointment will be another addition to Noseda's canon as a conductor of the world.

He's a budding star and certainly has a right to the throne, but the decision comes well before its current music director, Christoph Eschenbach's, contract expires next year in 2017.

Noseda has a laundry list of references for the new gig. He initially brought his talents to the Mariinsky Theatre, where he found his footing and became a prominent figure in classical.

From there, he found directorships with the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester, England and the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy. He has also guest conducted for the Israel Philharmonic, opened the new production of Bizet's The Pearl Fishers at the Metropolitan Opera to much acclaim and was also named Musical America's 2015 Conductor of the Year.

Noseda commented to the press at a hotel in New York:

"I found a fantastic attitude. . . . I felt very naturally committed with them, in a normal sort of way. What really impressed me is the development we got together, from the first rehearsal to the first concert, and how much the quality was increasing in the next two performances. You see in the eyes of the players, the wish. 'We can do it, we have just to be asked to do it, we want to deliver.' "

While Noseda's title strictly reads "music director" of the NSO, Deborah Rutter, President of the Kennedy Center, has been noted for making changes to the center, which may sound like a serious undertaking. It's even a possibility that there may be room for collaboration with other ensembles within the center in the future.

With a wide range of expertise under his belt, the worldly conductor will take the podium with the NSO at the start of the 2017-18 season.

Congratulations to Noseda and his astounding appointment.

Preview the conductor below.