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Natalia Salinas is recognized as a leading figure among the new generation of orchestra conductors in Argentina, with a dynamic and rapidly growing career spanning multiple continents. Since relocating to France in 2019, she has significantly expanded her activity in Europe, receiving invitations as a guest conductor at prominent festivals and theaters in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy, covering symphonic, operatic, and ballet repertoire. In Latin America, she has conducted many of the region’s principal orchestras in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, and Chile. Her deep affinity for opera has been evident since the beginning of her career, leading to ongoing engagements with numerous opera houses worldwide.

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Early in her career in Argentina, she regularly collaborated with Teatro Colón and Teatro Argentino de La Plata, where she served as assistant conductor from 2015 to 2017 and made her opera debut in 2016 with W.A. Mozart's Così fan tutte, featuring renowned soloists.

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In 2023, Natalia Salinas was honored with the Established Orchestra Conductor award by Argentina’s National Classical Awards. In 2021, she received the Breakthrough Artist Award as an Orchestra Conductor from the Music Critics Association of Argentina and was nominated for the Argentine Premiere of Works by Foreign Composers award. That same year, she was a finalist in the Lanyi International Conducting Competition.

In the 2024/25 season, she will make her debut at Oper Köln, conducting Astor Piazzolla's María de Buenos Aires, as well as debuting at the Theatro Municipal of São Paulo with the Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo. Additionally, she will lead the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira in her Brazilian debut.

In 2024, Natalia was selected by the Royal Opera House to join the Jette Parker Artists Programme: Observership for Orchestra Conductors. She was also invited to participate in the observership program at Opéra National du Rhin for the current season and selected to take part in the Women Opera Makers Workshop at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in 2024.

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During the 2023 season, Natalia was invited by Teatro Colón in Argentina to serve as assistant conductor for main opera productions and guest conductor for various chamber opera projects. She also made her debut with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires. That same year, alongside engagements with orchestras in Argentina and Chile, she made her debut in Mexico with the Orquesta del Estado de México and conducted her first opera in Italy at the Teatro delle Muse in Ancona. She also led a ballet production at Konzert und Theater St. Gallen during their 2022/23 season.

In 2022, Natalia debuted at St. Gallen Theatre in Switzerland with Piazzolla’s María de Buenos Aires. She also conducted orchestras in Uruguay and Brazil that year. Notably, she directed the monumental oratorio TURBAE ad Passionem Gregorianam op. 43 by Alberto Ginastera, performed for the first time in Argentina since 1980, with support from Boosey & Hawkes, the Paul Sacher Foundation, and Georgina Ginastera. This "historic" concert, involving over 200 artists on stage, was highly praised by the Latin American press for its artistic excellence and the challenges it presented to all performers involved.

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In 2021, Natalia made her European operatic debut at the Taschenopernfestival in Salzburg, premiering Wolfgang Mitterer's opera Der Kuss. She also made her German debut with the Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra and collaborated with the Muskifabrik Ensemble.

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Natalia is currently pursuing a Franco-German PhD in Orchestral Conducting at the Université de Strasbourg, Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin (HEAR), and Hochschule für Musik Freiburg under Maestro Theodor Guschlbauer’s guidance. Her research focuses on Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera’s work. She holds a master's degree in conducting, specializing in 20th and 21st-century music, from HEAR in France. In 2020, she was awarded a full scholarship by the National University of Mexico for the first Diploma in Latin American Composers. She earned a licentiate degree in Orchestra Conducting from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and trained as a pianist at the Conservatorio Provincial de Música de Santa Cruz, Argentina.

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Natalia Salinas stands out for “her great vitality and
personal imprint on the podium
" .
(Salatino, 2019)
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