Vimbayi Kaziboni

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Vimbayi Kaziboni was born in Zimbabwe and is widely sought-after for his depth of approach and interpretive imagination, as well as his innovative and thoughtful curation. He has led many critically lauded performances with orchestras across the globe, performing at some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world. He has led premieres of hundreds of new works by composers that include Georg Friedrich Haas, George Lewis, Heiner Goebbels and Liza Lim. Moreover, he has had a long association with leading contemporary music groups, Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Intercontemporain, where he served as assistant conductor at the beginning of his career and with whom he now prolifically collaborates as a guest conductor and curator. Appointed conductor in residence of Klangforum Wien from January 2024, he also currently serves as artist in residence with the International Contemporary Ensemble, music director of the Composers Conference, artis- tic advisor of the Boston Lyric Opera, and a professor of orchestral studies and contemporary music at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.