Known for her versatility, nuanced interpretations, and collaborative style, Kamna Gupta is an American Prize-winning conductor experienced in operatic, orchestral, and choral repertoires. In the 2024-25 season, Ms. Gupta enjoys a wide variety of projects. She makes her debut with Madison Opera conducting a new production of Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires with Madison Opera, and leads the workshops for Sarah Kirkland Snider's new opera, Hildegard. On the concert side, Ms. Gupta will serve as a cover conductor at the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Sinfonietta, and also joins Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra as a guest artist. In the summer of 2025, Ms. Gupta will return as a faculty member at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

A champion of contemporary music, Ms. Gupta has collaborated with several composers on notable premieres, including Luna Pearl Woolf's new oratorio Number Our Days (part of the 2023-24 inaugural season of the Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York), Layale Chaker's opera Ruinous Gods at Spoleto Festival USA in 2024, and Du Yun's In Our Daughter's Eyes which premiered at LA Opera in 2022.

Other recent engagements include Vancouver Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Tapestry Opera, International Contemporary Ensemble, Beth Morrison Projects, Trinity Church Wall Street ensembles, and cover conducting with Washington National Opera and Atlanta Opera. She has also appeared with Seattle Opera, the Royal Opera in Versailles, American Lyric Theater, Sarasota Opera, and Opera Saratoga. Active internationally, Gupta’s orchestral credits include performances in France, Germany, Russia, and the Czech Republic; leading the Leipzig Barockorchester in an all-Bach program was a special highlight.

Gupta’s passion for education has also led her to work with education departments at the New York Philharmonic and the Castleton Festival. Based in New York City, she is active as a pianist and harpsichordist in addition to conducting. 

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