Axel Kober
Axel Kober (born February 10, 1970 in Kronach ) is a German conductor and since 2009/10 General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein .
Life
Axel Kober studied at the University of Music in Würzburg .
In 1994 he followed a first engagement at the State Theater Schwerin . In 1998 he went to the Dortmund Theater , where he became first conductor and deputy GMD . In 2003 he moved to the Nationaltheater Mannheim . There he was appointed deputy GMD in 2005/06 and the acting GMD the following year. In 2007, Axel Kober took over the musical direction of the Leipzig Opera as music director together with Riccardo Chailly . Axel Kober has been General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf / Duisburg, since the 2009/2010 season.
Guest performances have taken him to the Royal Copenhagen Opera , the Vienna Volksoper and the Basel Theater . He was invited to the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg and to the State Opera . In 2009 he made his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin .
Axel Kober conducted at the Bayreuth Festival in 2014, at the opening and then five more times, Wagner's Tannhäuser Opera and in 2015 the Flying Dutchman .
Web links
- Axel Kober conducts Tannhäuser - Article Nordbayerischer-Kurier
- Axel Kober's biography on rbartists.at
- Biography of Axel Kober on the website of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kober, Axel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Kapellmeister and general music director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kronach |