Conductor James Gaffigan is a versatile figure with a repertory ranging from orchestral music to opera, from Mozart to Wolfgang Rihm. His career has entailed long-term posts with several prestigious European ensembles, and as of 2021, he was the principal guest conductor of the Trondheim Symphony in Norway.
Gaffigan was born in New York in 1979. His father was a sales representative for the Procter & Gamble firm, and his mother was a secretary. Gaffigan attended La Guardia High School in New York, but he showed musical talent and also took classes in the Juilliard School's Pr...