‘An adventurous journey through sound’

Praised for “strength and her tranquillity of being” (Le Temps), Ana María Patiño-Osorio has been gathering praise as a remarkable conductor, expressing wisdom, finesse, and deep respect for music.

Born in Medellín, Colombia, she will assume the role of Music Director of Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín starting in February 2026 and serves as the 25/26 Dudamel Conducing Fellow with Los Angeles Philharmonic. In April 2024 she captured the international attention at the Malko Competition for Young Conductors in Copenhagen, winning the Second Prize, the Audience Prize, and the Youth Jury Prize.

The 25/26 season marks a series of prominent debuts in Europe and North America. Ana María will tour the Basque Country with the Euskadiko Orkestra (Basque National Orchestra) and debut with the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro de RTVE in Madrid, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Arctic Philharmonic, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra. She also returns to the National Symphony Orchestra of Uruguay (SODRE).

In recent seasons, Ana María collaborated with the Orchestre national Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Geneva Camerata, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá.

Committed to working with young musicians, since 2015 Ana María has also been involved with Iberacademy Orchestra in Medellín, where she has been assisting its co-founder and conductor Roberto González-Monjas in a multitude of projects. In October 2023, she conducted the Iberacademy Orchestra at the Mozartwoche in Salzburg. The following year, she has led a highly successful European tour with Orquesta Juvenil Sinfonía por el Perú and celebrated tenor Juan Diego Flórez with performances in Madrid, Barcelona, Vienna, Geneva and Pars, shortly after conducted the orchestra of The Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

Ana began her musical training as a saxophonist before transitioning to orchestral conducting. She completed her undergraduate degree in Orchestra Conducting at the Universidad EAFIT in Medellín before being accepted to the prestigious master’s programme of Orchestral Conducting at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste under Johannes Schlaefli, where she graduated with honours in 2021. In 2022 Ana Maríá has been appointed Assistant Conductor of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the first person to hold in this position, working closely with Jonathan Nott for two seasons until 2024. A finalist in the Solti International Conducting Competition with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in 2020, Ana is also the recipient of the 2021 National Prize for best Conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogotá, and a winner of the Conducting Fellowship at Dirigentenforum des Deutschen Musikrates Germany in 2019.

Malte Arkona has been on air without interruption for 15 years – as the presenter of TV programmes such as ‘Die beste Klasse Deutschlands’ (ARD/KiKa), ‘Tigerenten Club’ (ARD/KiKa), ‘Das Sommerhaus der Stars’ (RTL) or ‘Schlauberger’ (SWR) and ‘SWR auf Tour’ (SWR). Many words are needed to describe Malte Arkona. He is, as the saying goes, a true jack-of-all-trades, one who has been blessed with many talents. In a nutshell, Malte Arkona is a TV presenter, event and concert host, actor, dubbing artist, musician, theatre and musical performer and opera singer. Sounds like a lot, and it is. But he wouldn’t be Malte Arkona if he didn’t have so much to do. He is characterised by diligence and the necessary amount of curiosity. Malte got his first taste of the stage at the age of six, and two years later he had his first theatre role under his belt. The spark had been lit, the passion awakened. He started playing the piano while still a boy. Beethoven instead of kicking balls, Mozart instead of MTV. Since then, he has been going full throttle. There are no half-hearted things for Malte Arkona. You just have to want to, then doors will open. The Hanover native, whose father was a rock star with the band ‘Eloy’ and sold out concerts, puts his heart and soul into everything he does. What he does, he does to perfection: the fact that he was awarded the ‘ECHO Klassik’ prize for the third time in 2017 is testament to this. In 2014 alone, Malte Arkona appeared in a total of five radio plays, including the 1LIVE midnight thriller ‘Junge’ and the children’s radio plays ‘Erwin & Rosi’ (Edel Kids) and ‘Felix und Frieda’.

As a presenter for events and concerts, he has already worked for such high-ranking ‘employers’ as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra, the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He has chaired a press conference with the Chinese prodigy pianist Lang Lang, opened cinema premieres and hosted award galas. Among others, it should be emphasised. Malte Arkona is someone who knows exactly what he wants and someone who always wants to improve. But never with a tight lip. The 38-year-old is a cheerful, open-minded person. He always has a smile on his face. So it’s no wonder that Malte is also very popular with children and young people – because, as we all know, you can’t pretend to be something you’re not to the younger generation. From 2002 to 2008 and again since 2014, he was a presenter on the famous and popular ‘Tigerenten Club’ (ARD/KiKA), which won the Bavarian Television Award during his time as a presenter in 2006. In addition, he has hosted the programme ‘Die beste Klasse Deutschlands’ (ARD/KiKA) since 2009, played in the musical theatre play ‘Hänsel und Gretel’, in the play ‘Oliver’, ‘Das Schwarzwaldmädel’ and ‘Der kleine Medicus’, to name but a few. The latter was released in cinemas in winter 2014 and also appeared on DVD in 2015. Malte Arkona was also able to ‘play’ a role in this film. As a dubbing actor, he lends his voice to the main character ‘Rappel’ – and on top of that, the radio play was released to match the cinema film.
With Malte Arkona, there’s always something to listen to.