In January 2024, Croatian conductor Andrej Vesel assumed the Permanent Conductor title for the Oradea State Philharmonics in Romania, following a successful debut with the orchestra in Autumn 2023. Vesel is also a Guest Conductor of Bad Reichenhall Philharmonics and one of the recurring conductors for the Vienna Mozart Orchestra.
In the 2024/25, he made his debut with the Tonkünstler Orchestra in Musikverein, Vienna; Vienna Boys’ Choir Alumni in MuTh, Vienna; Opole Philharmonic Orchestra, Poland, as well as with Dvorak’s Rusalka at the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb.
In the 2025/26, he conducted the premiere of ballet Giselle at the Croatian National Theater in Split, the revival of Rusalka at the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb and made his debuts at the Croatian National Theater in Osijek, at the 55th International Contemporary Music Festival in Poznań, Poland, at the International Concert Days at Stift Zwettl with Collegium Viennense, Austria, with the Szèkelyföldi Filharmónia in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania, and with Solistes de Catalunya at the Festival Internacional de Música Costa Daurada, Salou, Spain.
In the 2026/27, he will conduct Offenbach's Hoffmanns Erzählungen and Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb.
As a guest conductor, Andrej Vesel has also worked with the, Braşov State Philharmonics, Slovenian Radio Symphony-Orchestra, Dinu Lipatti Satu Mare State Philharmonics, Sibiu State Philharmonics, Filasteen Young Musicians Orchestra (Barenboim-Said for Music) and Vienna Chamber Orchestra.
EDUCATION
Vesel first studied Piano with Vladimir Krpan at the Music Academy in Zagreb, graduating in 2015. He then started his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna finishing Orchestral Conducting with Johannes Wildner 2022, Choral Conducting with Alois Glaßner 2023, and Opera Accompaniment with Andreas Henning 2024. Graduating from his studies with distincition, Vesel also conducted the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in Musikverein Wien in Summer 2022. In 2019/20 Vesel spent a year as an Erasmus student at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milano with Vittorio Parisi.
From September 2022 to January 2024, Vesel was a scholar of the Hans Swarowsky Akademie - a comprehensive programme for postgraduate students under the guidance of Manfred Huss.
He participated in masterclasses with Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Alexander Vedernikov, Marin Alsop, Riccardo Chailly, Christian Ehwald, Peter Eötvös, Uroš Lajovic, Andres Orozco-Estrada, Nicolas Pasquet, Ulrich Windfuhr and Daniel Oren, among others.
He has received scholarships by the Student Body of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Ernst von Siemens Private Foundation, Czibulka Foundation, Lovro von Matačić Foundation, and the Richard Wagner Scholarship for the Bayreuth Festival. In 2023 he was also awarded with the Croatian Homeland Award Večernjakova domovnica in the music category for his outstanding contribution representing Croatian music abroad.