Pablo González

Pablo González brings passion, insight and a theatrical sensibility to communicating music to both orchestras and audiences. He serves as Principal Guest Conductor of Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and, from September 2027, begins his tenure as Music Director and Principal Conductor of Orchestre national d’Île-de-France. Previous positions have included Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (RTVE) and Music Director of Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC).
González is recognised for his imaginative programming, creating musical journeys that connect repertoire with history and ideas. At RTVE he devised themes such as Music under Suspicion, exploring the work of Soviet composers under Stalin’s rule; Echoes of the Belle Époque, culminating in a semi-staged performance of Carmen; and Roots, examining the influence of folk elements on 19th and 20th-century orchestral repertoire. While drawn instinctively to the passion and power of Russian repertoire, he also presented surveys of Berlioz, Mahler and Szymanowski, music by Spanish contemporary composers, and full Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms cycles.
During his tenure as Music Director of the OBC, González conducted complete Mahler and Schumann cycles, led the orchestra on tour, recorded orchestral works by Granados and Bizet’s Carmen and L’Arlésienne suites for Naxos, and championed new music by Catalan and Spanish composers. He also strengthened the orchestra’s community engagement through Et toca a tu, a collaborative project bringing OBC musicians together with children at risk of social exclusion.
His theatrical background informs his work in opera and choral repertoire. While in Barcelona, he conducted productions at Teatre Liceu including Strauss’s Daphne, Wagner’s Rienzi, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Puccini’s Il tabarro, as well as all of Mahler’s orchestral lieder.