This momentum follows an exceptional 2025–26 season, which saw Ní Bhroin make a series of acclaimed debuts with the Hallé, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the New Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo. She also returned to the stage of the BBC Proms conducting the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and reunited with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, London for Anna Lapwood’s Christmas Concert.

In recent seasons, Ní Bhroin made headlines with her initial BBC Proms debut alongside the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as debuts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and Welsh National Opera and returning to the National Symphony Orchestra, Dublin. A fierce advocate for contemporary opera, she served as Music Director for Irish National Opera’s Breathwork (2023) and led the world premiere of Éna Brennan’s Hold Your Breath, directed by David Pountney, at the 2024 Bregenz Festival. Her expansive international portfolio includes collaborations with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, and Grand Rapids Symphony, alongside advanced masterclasses with Canada’s Orchestre Métropolitain and Orchestre Symphonique de Québec.

As a recipient of the prestigious Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship, she spent two years under the direct mentorship of Marin Alsop, complementing a deep training background supported by figures like JoAnn Falletta, Nathalie Stutzmann, and Thomas Wilkins. Equally dedicated to pedagogy and institutional leadership, Ní Bhroin served as Female Artist in Residence (FAiR) at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. The post was extended and she became Senior Lecturer in Conducting, which continues this season. As an educational innovator, she is the creator of the acclaimed podcast And Other Duties: The Life of the Assistant Conductor and the founder of And Other Duties Conducting Courses. Driven by a mission to address gaps in traditional musical education, her masterclasses in Dublin, Manchester, New York, North Macedonia, and the Netherlands foster transparent communication and teach vital, real-world podium skills. Ní Bhroin began her professional path in Ireland working closely with the National Symphony Orchestra and National Philharmonic Choir. She then relocated to the United States, serving as Assistant Conductor of North Carolina’s Winston-Salem Symphony, Music Director of its Youth Orchestras Program, and Associate Conductor at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (2020–2022). A music education graduate of Trinity College Dublin, she holds a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from Kent State University, Ohio, where she studied under Dr. Jungho Kim as Graduate Assistant Conductor.

This season, Moulds makes two Polish debuts, conducting Handel’s Messiah with the Kraków Philharmonic and Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans with Warsaw Chamber Opera. He appears again at the Staatsoper Berlin and Oper Köln for performances of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, and at the Bayerische Staatsoper for Mozart’s Idomeneo and Gluck’s Orpheus.

In recent seasons, Moulds has led major productions across Europe including Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at the Staatsoper Berlin, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Così fan tutte at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Handel’s Orlando with both Opéra de Lausanne and Longborough Festival Opera, Handel’s Ariodante with Opéra national du Rhin, Die Zauberflöte in Essen, and Rameau’s Castor et Pollux at Staatstheater Meiningen.

His diverse engagements have included a return to San Francisco Opera for Handel’s Partenope; productions of Dido and Aeneas, Le nozze di Figaro and La Calisto at the Bayerische Staatsoper, where he also led Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria/Das Jahr des magischen Denkens as part of the Ja, Mai festival; and concert appearances with the Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse and the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also conducted Così fan tutte at the Opernhaus Zürich, and appeared regularly at Staatsoper Berlin with repertoire including La finta giardiniera, Così fan tutte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Le nozze di Figaro, Hänsel und Gretel, Punch and Judy and The Turn of the Screw. At Staatsoper Stuttgart he has conducted Le nozze di Figaro, Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, and Alcina, the latter of which he also conducted at Staatsoper Hamburg.

In the symphonic domain, Moulds has collaborated with numerous prestigious orchestras, including Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Concerto Köln, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Wiener Symphoniker. A particular highlight was performing with Concentus Musicus Wien at the Internationale Barocktage Stift Melk. Other festival appearances include the Bregenz Festival, the Glyndebourne Tour with La finta giardiniera, the Händel Festspiele Halle, the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, and La clemenza di Tito with the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Salzburg Festival.

Particularly admired for his interpretations of Baroque repertoire, Moulds has conducted Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo in a critically acclaimed co-production between the Royal Opera House and the Roundhouse, London, as well as Handel’s Semele at the Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe, Tamerlano and Orlando at the Bayerische Staatsoper, and Saul at Theater an der Wien with Freiburger Barockorchester (released on DVD). Other notable highlights include Castor et Pollux at the Komische Oper Berlin in Barrie Kosky’s production, and a return to Teatro Real Madrid for Sasha Waltz’s Dido and Aeneas and La Calisto.

Outside Europe, Moulds has conducted the Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra and Moscow Chamber Orchestra in Russia, with whom he performed Handel’s Ottone, Rodelinda, Tamerlano and Giulio Cesare. He has conducted numerous productions at the Bolshoi Theatre, including the Russian premiere of Rodelinda, and Dido and Aeneas, for which he received the Golden Mask Award for Best Conductor in 2021, as well as Die Zauberflöte and Don Giovanni. He has also conducted Semele with the Canadian Opera Company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, and led Sasha Waltz’s Dido and Aeneas at the Sydney Festival, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

Moulds began his career in 1991 as a member of the music staff at English National Opera. He served as chorus master at Glyndebourne from 1994 to 1998 before embarking on the international conducting career that has since taken him to many of the world’s leading opera houses and concert platforms.