Michael Köhler (conductor)

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Michael Köhler (* 1965 in Dresden ) is a German conductor and musicologist .

He studied sound direction and orchestral conducting with Rolf Reuter in Berlin , followed by studies with Sergiu Celibidache in Munich and at the Schola Cantorum Paris . Köhler took part in festivals in Berlin, New York and Copenhagen and attended master classes by Kurt Masur , Gerd Albrecht and the Menuhin Academy in Gstaad .

Köhler wrote a musicological dissertation at the Humboldt University in Berlin on the operas of Richard Strauss . In 2000 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. In 1994 Michael Köhler made his debut in the Berlin Philharmonic with works by Pfitzner, Mahler and Tschaikowsky.

Also at home in the opera, he worked a. a. during his engagement at the Meiningen State Theater (1992 to 1994) in the production of "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" (Richard Wagner) by August Everding. Michael Köhler has been teaching orchestra conducting at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig since 1998 and is the conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra .

Since November 2000 he has been in charge of the Leipzig Chamber Philharmonic .

Invitations and guest performances have also taken him to well-known orchestras and opera houses in China, Hong Kong, Korea and Latin America. During the rehearsals there was a collaboration with Kurt Masur , Herbert Blomstedt , Fabio Luisi and Daniel Harding .

Since 2007 he has worked closely with the renowned Indian composer and virtuoso L. Subramaniam , which led to the founding of the Indian Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2011 he was appointed professor for orchestral conducting in Seoul (SMU).

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