Joshua Gersen recently concluded his tenure as the Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic, where he most notably made his subscription debut in 2017 on hours notice to critical acclaim filling in for an ailing Semyon Bychkov, and has recently appeared as a guest conductor with the Chicago Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Toronto Symphony, National Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, and the North Carolina Symphony. He was also a recipient of a 2015 and 2016 Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award.