Felix Mildenberger

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Felix Mildenberger

Felix Mildenberger (* 1990 in Wolfach ) is a German conductor . Since winning the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition in 2018, he has been Assistant Conductor at the London Symphony Orchestra . In addition, he is chief conductor and artistic director of the Crescendo Freiburg symphony orchestra, which he co-founded.

Career

Felix Mildenberger discovered his enthusiasm for conducting at the age of 17. Although the son of a primary school teacher and a high school teacher had piano, violin and viola lessons at a young age, he only came into contact with a large symphonic repertoire during a Franco-German orchestral hiatus, where he was given a baton for the first time .

After graduating from high school (1.0) and a voluntary social year in Canada, he began studying orchestral conducting at the University of Music Freiburg and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna from 2011 to 2015 , where he worked with Lutz Köhler , Scott Sandmeier, Massimiliano Matesic, Mark Stringer and Gerhard Markson studied. In master classes he also learned a. a. with David Zinman , Paavo Järvi , Neeme Järvi , Markus Stenz and Bernard Haitink . Since then, he has repeatedly been available to the latter as cover conductor .

He also assisted Sir Simon Rattle , François-Xavier Roth , Robin Ticciati , Gianandrea Noseda , Fabio Luisi and others

In 2014, Felix Mildenberger and fellow students founded the Crescendo Freiburg symphony orchestra, of which he is chief conductor and artistic director to this day.

Felix Mildenberger has been a scholarship holder of the Conductors Forum of the German Music Council since 2017 .

From 2017 to 2019 Felix was Mildenberger chief assistant of Emmanuel Kirivine the Orchester National de France . For this post he gave up his position as a lecturer for orchestral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg , which he held for two years.

In the 2019/20 season, Paavo Järvi brought him to the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich as his Assistant Conductor .

Felix Mildenberger lives in Hamburg and speaks fluent German, English and French.

International orchestras

The orchestras that Felix Mildenberger has worked with include the London Symphony Orchestra , Orchester National de France , Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich , Danish National Symphony Orchestra , Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra , Bremen Philharmonic , Nuremberg Philharmonic , Folkwang Chamber Orchestra Essen , Ensemble Modern , Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg State Capella Symphony Orchestra, Orquestrade Cadaqués, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Orquesta National des Pays de la Loire, Orchester National de Lille.

In the 2020/21 season he will make his debut with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen , the SWR Symphony Orchestra , the Stuttgart Philharmonic , Orchester de l'Opéra de Lorraine, Aarhus Symfoniorkester, Musikkollegium Winterthur , Real Filharmonía de Galicia.

Prizes & awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meramo Verlag GmbH, Nuremberg Germany: Good music as motivation. April 12, 2019, accessed August 10, 2019 .
  2. ^ Symphony Orchestra - Crescendo. Retrieved on August 10, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ Mildenberger, Felix - Conductor Forum. Retrieved August 10, 2019 .
  4. ^ Felix Mildenberger lauréat de l'édition 2018 du concours de direction Donatella Flick. Retrieved August 10, 2019 (French).
  5. ↑ Marcus Stäbler: Felix Mildenberger: He even lends Paavo Järvi his ears. Retrieved August 25, 2020 .
  6. ^ Website Felix Mildenberger. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
  7. ↑ London Symphony Orchestra - Welcome to our new Assistant Conductor, Felix Mildenberger! Retrieved August 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Mildenberger, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfach