Makino BenWebBenjamin Makino ’00 has been nominated for the 2014 Leadership Intensive program from OPERA America, the national nonprofit service organization for opera.  One of fourteen participants, these future industry leaders were chosen through a competitive selection process that focused on proven leadership and potential for significant contributions to the opera field throughout their careers.  As part of the Leadership Intensive, participants will attend seminars and workshops during Opera Conference 2014 in San Francisco in June. Building on that work, these leaders will reconvene in August for a week-long learning program at OPERA America’s National Opera Center in New York City.

About Benjamin Makino
Benjamin Makino is music director at Opera Memphis. He was previously assistant conductor at Long Beach Opera where he conducted productions of David Lang’s The Difficulty of Crossing a Field, Michael Nyman’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Michael Gordon’s Van Gogh; the U.S. premieres of Gavin Bryars’ The Paper Nautilus and Stewart Copeland’s Tell Tale Heart and the U.S. professional premiere of Ernest Bloch’s Macbeth. In 2012, Makino was the music director for Opera Memphis’ first 30 Days of Opera, a program of free events throughout the greater Memphis metropolitan area. Makino is a graduate of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program of the Washington National Opera. He graduated from Chapman University and the University of California, Los Angeles and pursued advanced studies at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana.  Learn more…