Julian Pellicano
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Julian Pellicano (born March 7, 1980, in Garden City, New York), is an American conductor. He is currently the associate conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Winnipeg, Canada.
Pellicano started playing the piano at the age of 5, and percussion shortly after, at age 8. Pellicano went on to receive a double bachelor's degree, from Johns Hopkins University (philosophy) and Peabody Conservatory (percussion) where he was a student of Jonathan Haas.
Pellicano earned a graduate performance diploma from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden, where he studied percussion under Anders Loguin, founding member of the Swedish percussion ensemble Kroumata, Roland Johansson, former timpanist of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, and Daniel Kåse, principal percussionist of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Pelliano studied conducting with Per Andersberg.
Pellicano received his master of music in percussion and a master of music in orchestral conducting from the Yale School of Music, During his tenure at Yale, Pellicano held a fellowship in orchestral conducting and served as the assistant conductor of the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra under his principal teacher Shinik Hahm. He studied percussion with Robert van Sice and was a member of the Yale Percussion Group.[1]