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Luke Poeppel is an American-German conductor and pianist based in New York City. He is currently a David T. Beals III Assistant Conductor to the Kansas City Symphony. In the 24/25 season with KC Symphony, he conducted performances featuring Cody Fry and Project Trio, a series of KinderKonzerts co-hosted by KMBC’s Bryan Busby, the 'Back to the 80s' Pops concert, and has also served as a cover for a variety of guest conductors. Luke was the associate conductor for Cerrone & Fleischmann’s opera In A Grove at the 2025 Prototype Festival, stepping in to conduct 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. In Summer 2025, he will conduct In A Grove with Opera Saratoga, as well as serve as the assistant conductor for Tosca and Sunday in the Park with George at the Glimmerglass Festival. The 24-25 season also sees Luke as a guest conductor for the Reno Chamber Orchestra and the Washington Square Ensemble. Luke has been 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. He has worked as a collaborative pianist for ensembles including Contemporaneous, American Opera Projects, Mostly Modern Festival Opera, and the Metropolis Ensemble. He is a 2024 graduate of the Eastman School of Music where he received his Master's in Conducting under the tutelage of Brad Lubman and Timothy Long.