BIO

Composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Bozich seeks to build shared musical experiences that connect audiences to the vast inner universe of western classical music. In 2023, Bozich made his debut with the Tonkünstler Orchestra conducting his own composition as part of the Ink Still Wet workshop at the Grafenegg Festival. In Fall of 2023 he was also invited as a participant of the 8th Lovro von Matacic and 11th Grzegorz Fitelberg International Conducting Competitions. He has served as an assistant conductor to the Hungarian State Opera, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, and Opera Neo (San Diego), as well as appeared as a guest conductor with the HUST Symphony Orchestra (Wuhan, China) and Octava Chamber Orchestra (Seattle, WA). Bozich made his Boston Symphony Hall debut in 2022 when he stepped in at the last minute to lead a full production of La traviata with professional soloists and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2023 he was a conducting fellow at Aspen Music Festival, where he worked with Robert Spano, Mark Stringer, and Patrick Summers. Other conducting mentors include Brad Lubman and Gerard Schwarz.

Equally gifted as a composer, Bozich’s works seek to balance kinetic musical geometries, operatic intensity, and introspective spirituality. He was one of five participants selected by Phillipe Manoury to compose a work for the Tonkünstler Orchestra as part of the Ink Still Wet Workshop in 2023, with whom he conducted the work. His saxophone quartet work Babel won the 2014 Sinta Quartet commissioning competition and can be heard on the group’s debut album, Collider. Other commissioners include Kenneth Radnofsky, Latitude 49, and the Departure Duo.

Bozich holds a Masters of Music in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Kenneth Kiesler, and a Bachelors in Music Education from the University of Puget Sound. In addition to his guest conducting and composition calendar, Bozich teaches Music Literacy and Musicianship at the New England Conservatory and is the Artistic Advisor/Associate Conductor for the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra.