Symphonic Shorts

With adventurous musicality and a captivating stage presence, Filipino-American conductor Ian Passmore leads a rich career as an orchestral leader and pedagogue. Hailed as “a rising young conductor” by New York Arts, his unapologetically Romantic renderings of the standard repertoire harken back to a bygone generation of conductors. 

Ian is based in North Carolina with his wife Dianna Fiore and their dogs Beethoven, Charlie, Belle, and Heidi. When not on the podium, Ian can be found enjoying local restaurants and craft beer, cooking, traveling, road biking, and CrossFit. He is the creator of the podcast and YouTube series, “Symphonic Shorts,” which seek to tear down the walls of formality that often surround classical music and make it more accessible to everyone. 

Ian is represented by Parker Artists in New York, and he is an endorsing artist for Work of Art Custom Batons.