Biography
Born in Magdeburg. Piano and conducting studies in Leipzig and Hamburg with Christof Prick. Assistant to Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons, Pierre Boulez and Ulf Schirmer, among others. Kapellmeister at Staatstheater Nürnberg and Staatstheater Karlsruhe.
Invitations to prepare new productions at Semperoper Dresden and Oper Frankfurt (Mieczysław Weinberg's »Die Passagierin«) as well as Oper Köln (»Rusalka«, »Die Zauberflöte«). Guest engagements at Ópera de Oviedo (»Götterdämmerung«) and Hamburgische Staatsoper (»La traviata«, »Simon Boccanegra«, »Manon Lescaut«, »Katja Kabanova«, »Die tote Stadt«). Further invitations to conduct »Der Freischütz«, »Don Giovanni« and »Die Zauberflöte« at Semperoper Dresden, »Turandot« at Oper Köln, »Ariadne auf Naxos« at Oper Frankfurt, »Die Passagierin« at the Wiener Festwochen and »Lucia di Lammermoor« at Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Concerts with Staatskapelle Dresden, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, New Japan Philharmonic, Copenhagen Philharmonic and Münchner Rundfunkorchester, among others. Debut at the Wiener Musikverein in September 2022.
2014/15 debut at Oper Leipzig with »La Bohème«. From the 2015/16 season Kapellmeister at Oper Leipzig, conducting productions including »Der Freischütz«, »Der Nussknacker«, »Rusalka«, »Herzog Blaubarts Burg« / »Pagliacci« and »Die verkaufte Braut«. In 2021/22 musical direction of »Lohengrin« and numerous repertoire performances. Further engagements at Semperoper Dresden with »Elektra« in spring 2022 and »Ariadne auf Naxos« in February 2023.
Participation in »WAGNER 22« as musical director of »Die Feen«, »Das Liebesverbot« and »Lohengrin«. From the 2022/23 season Music Director at Oper Leipzig, as part of the management team under the new Intendant Tobias Wolff. Chief Conductor of Copenhagen Philharmonic since the 2024/25 season.