Australian conductor Ron Spigelman is an honors graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London.
He began his career in Australia in 1992 as a conductor-in-training with the West Australian Symphony, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in 1993 and then assistant conductor of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in 1994 – with who he recorded an album entitled Dream Children that was nominated for an ARIA award and still receives radio play on the ABC. His career moved to the United States in 1994 when he won the position of Associate Conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony (Texas) and then the Buffalo Philharmonic (New York), subsequently becoming Music Director of the Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, the San Angelo Symphony, Texas Chamber Orchestra, Springfield Symphony (Missouri), and the Lake Placid Sinfonietta (NY) where he is now conductor emeritus. He has also served as Principal Pops Conductor of the Fort Worth and Syracuse Symphonies and is now in his second season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic developing and conducting approximately 12 programs each season.
Guest conducting appearances have included the Atlanta, St. Louis, Baltimore, Utah, Oregon, Kansas City, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Colorado, Dallas and Nashville Symphonies, as well as the Florida Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra.
He has conducted Symphonic, Ballet, Opera, Musical Theatre and Pops plus over 30 live-to-film productions including all eight of the Harry Potter films. Guest artists he has accompanied include Horacio Gutierrez, Rachel Barton Pine, Richard Stoltzman, Marvin Hamlisch, Peter Paul & Mary, James Taylor, Leslie Odom Jr., Vanessa Williams, Gladys Knight, Arturo Sandoval, and many others.
Career highlights include the world premiere of Pegasus by Lowell Liebermann with the Dallas Symphony, his Carnegie Hall debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic in 2004, and the world premiere recording of Sylvan by Michael Torke with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta for their centennial season in 2017.
Ron lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his wife Laura, and they have a combined 6 children. He is board president of Harmony Project Tulsa, bringing instrumental instruction to underserved youth in collaboration with the Tulsa Public Schools and he is a frequent conductor of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. In 2024 he graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Family and Human Development at Arizona State University receiving the dean’s medal for academic excellence and in May of 2026 completed his Master of Liberal Studies degree – also from ASU – graduating with academic distinction. His applied project was a graduate course for conductors in the vital communication, leadership and social skills needed to become a resonant leader and effective music director on and off the podium.