October 11, 2026

Dr. Alexander Mandl, conductor of Milwaukee Musaik Chamber Orchestra, is a dynamic conductor, violinist, soloist, educator, and chamber musician whose career spans international stages. He has appeared in prestigious venues such as Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Auditório Manuel de Falla in Spain, and Alsion in Denmark. Renowned for his energetic and inspiring leadership, Mandl has conducted ensembles ranging from chamber groups to full symphonic and operatic forces, collaborating with musicians from the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, and South Denmark

Symphony, among others. He currently serves as Music Director of the  Menomonee Falls Symphony, the Medical College of Wisconsin Orchestra, and continues to appear as guestconductor with international ensembles. Highlights include the South American premiere of Ezra Laderman’s Nonete, opera productions of Krasa’s Brundibar and Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona, and the world premiere of Christian Ellenwood’s refulgence honoring Milwaukee Musaik’s 50th

anniversary. Also an accomplished violinist, Mandl is a member of the acclaimed Philomusica Quartet and serves as concertmaster of the Kenosha and Racine Symphonies. He teaches at UW-Parkside, Wisconsin Lutheran College, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. A graduate of Yale University, Carnegie-Mellon, and UW-Madison, Dr. Mandl studied conducting with Eleazar de Carvalho, David Becker, James Smith, and Jorge Mester. His awards include the Yale Alumni

Award, the Carnegie Tradition Award, the Miles Prize, and the Ivan Galamian Award. Married to Milwaukee Symphony Associate Concertmaster Jeanyi Kim, he balances his active musical career with family life and enjoys sailing, biking, hiking, and time spent in local coffee shops.

Canadian-born violinist Jeanyi Kim is Associate Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Concertmaster of the musician-led Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra/Milwaukee Musaik, for which she is also Vice President of the Artistic Board. As a guest, Kim has performed with world-renowned groups, such as London Symphony Orchestra (UK), National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Her orchestral experience and talent have taken her to Carnegie Hall, Barbican Centre, Salle Pleyel, to name a few, and she maintains a versatile teaching and performing career in orchestral, chamber and soloist roles. She and husband, Alexander Mandl, are founding members of the Philomusica Quartet, resident at Wisconsin Lutheran College.  Kim received her preparatory musical training at the Peabody Institute of Music. She then earned her Bachelor’s through Doctoral degrees at Yale University. Her teachers include Berl Senofsky, Rebecca Henry, Kyung Yu, and Erick Friedman. Mandl and Kim enjoy adventures of raising their two children, and love to frequent coffee shops, bike, sail, take nature walks, and travel.