Mirian Khukhunaishvili, a Georgian conductor of the young generation based in Switzerland, who assumed the position of the music director of Wrocław Opera starting with the 2025/2026 artistic season. He is the co-founder and music director of Tbilisi Youth Orchestra, which, under his leadership over the past five years, has become one of the leading ensembles on the Georgian cultural scene. The orchestra regularly participates in major festivals and collaborates with internationally renowned artists, including Gidon Kremer, Paavo Järvi, Andrey Boreyko, Anastasia Kobekina, and Bruce Liu. It has performed at some of Europe’s most prestigious venues, including Konzerthaus Berlin, Liederhalle Stuttgart and Goetheanum in Dornach. Khukhunaishvili has conducted numerous European orchestras, among them the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and Gävle Symphony Orchestra as well as all major orchestras and choirs in Georgia. He has worked with a wide range of internationally acclaimed soloists, including Eliso Virsaladze, Paata Burchuladze, Stuart Skelton, George Gagnidze, Nino Machaidze, Christian Tetzlaff, Anastasia Kobekina, Valeriy Sokolov, Marie-Pierre Langlamet and Eduard Brunner. Khukhunaishvili served as a cover conductor for Klaus Mäkelä during the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s European tour. His upcoming debuts include appearances with Athens State Orchestra, MÁV Symphony Orchestra and Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini. From 2021 to 2024, he was a visiting lecturer at the Iceland University of the Arts, where he taught conducting and led the university choir. He holds both master’s and doctoral degrees from the Academy of Music in Kraków as well as a master’s degree in choral conducting from the State Conservatoire in Tbilisi. Additionally, he studied voice with Radosław Żukowski at the Academy of Music in Cracow.