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Euan Safey is a New Zealand-born conductor and pianist currently working as the Australian Ballet’s conducting fellow.
After completing a Bachelor of Music with first class Honours in Piano Performance Euan spent two years as a New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Conducting Fellow under Hamish McKeitch and James Judd. He has has studied under notable Kiwi conductors and received tutelage from NZSO Principal conductor Gemma New and international guest conductors Miguel Harth-Bedoya, André de Ridder, Mark Wigglesworth, Alice Farnham and Keitaro Harada. In 2024 he completed an honours degree in conducting with Dr Luke Dollman at the Elder Conservatorium of Music in association with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and was accepted into the Australian Conducting Academy of 2025.
Euan’s conducting engagements in Australia and New Zealand have included positions and performances with Opus Orchestra, NZSO National Youth Orchestra and Australian Youth Orchestra, Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and Wind Orchestra, Adelaide Summer Orchestra, St Matthews Chamber Orchestra, Bay of Plenty Symphonia, Trust Waikato Symphony Orchestra, Youth Orchestra Waikato and the University of Waikato Orchestra, along with several smaller community ensembles and choirs. He also conducted the University of Waikato's productions of Puccini’s opera Gianni Schicchi, and was a young artist in the 2025 Whakatipu Music Festival.
As a pianist, Euan is a versatile collaborator, performer, repetiteur, orchestral player and teacher, and has worked with State Opera South Australia, the Adelaide Festival and the Elder Conservatorium.
