Stéphanie Childress is a French-British conductor. She began her higher education at the age of 16 at the University of Cambridge, and received her Bachelor of Music in 2018. Two years later, she won second prize at the La Maestra competition in Paris, and replaced Susanna Mälkki as conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra for a concert broadcast on medici.tv. She is currently the assistant conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (Missouri).
As part of her travelling Villa Albertine residency Childress will stay at Villa Albertine San Francisco while conducting a collaboration with the SF Symphony.
During an exclusive event at the Résidence de France, the maestra will question “How is culture involved in the formation of an orchestra?”