A refined and passionate conductor, French-born James Salomon Kahane has been invited to conduct many prestigious orchestras around the world, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. He currently holds the positions of Chief Conductor of the Helsinki Chamber Orchestra, Chief Conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de la Drôme and Conductor of the Polytech Orchestra in Finland.

Proficient in a wide variety of musical genres, both symphonic and operatic, Kahane has conducted the Finnish Chamber Opera on several occasions. Working regularly with a diverse repertoire ranging from early Baroque to contemporary music, Kahane has been a guest conductor of the NYKY Ensemble and Miroirs Étendus Ensemble.

Kahane has been invited to many major international music events, including the Lucerne Music Festival and the 2017 German Conductors’ Prize, where he conducted the WDR Symphony Orchestra and the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne. In 2019 he has been offered a conducting fellowship at the Atlantic Music Festival in the United States.