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Luke Poeppel is an American-German conductor and pianist based in New York City. Starting in the 2024/25 season, he is a David T. Beals III Assistant Conductor to the Kansas City Symphony for Matthias Pintscher’s first season as music director. His duties with KC Symphony include leading a series of KinderKonzerts, performances featuring Cody Fry and Project Trio, ‘Decades’ and Cabaret performances, and covering a variety of conductors. Luke has served as a cover conductor for orchestras and ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, the San Diego Symphony, the Tokyo Symphony, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the League of Composers, Ensemble Signal, and Contemporaneous. In the 24-25 season, Luke served as the associate conductor for Cerrone & Fleischmann’s In A Grove at the 2025 Prototype Festival, conducting the full run of performances. This production received critical acclaim from the New York Times (“the highlight of the festival”), the Observer, the Financial Times, and more. He will conduct In A Grove at Opera Saratoga in May of 2025. In the 24-25 season, Luke also worked as a guest conductor for the Reno Chamber Orchestra and the Washington Square Ensemble. Passionate about opera, he has served as a collaborative pianist for ensembles including Contemporaneous, American Opera Projects, and the Metropolis Ensemble. He is a 2024 graduate of the Eastman School of Music where he received his MM in Conducting under the tutelage of Brad Lubman and Timothy Long.