Chief Conductor

Felix Mildenberger will take over the position of Chief Conductor and Music Director at the beginning of the 2026/27 season.

Praised for his ‘refined technique and clear ideas’, Felix Mildenberger already works with notable orchestras, such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, DSO Berlin, London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Dresden Philharmonic, Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen, Staatskapelle Weimar, Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt,
Bremen Philharmonic, Northwest German Philharmonic Herford, Dortmund Philharmonic, Ensemble Modern, Basel Symphony Orchestra, LaFil Filarmonica di Milano, Camerata Salzburg, Belgrade Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife, Orchestre National de Lille, Nagoya Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, and others.

In 2024, Mildenberger made his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he conducted a performance of George Benjamin’s “Written On Skin”.

He has collaborated with soloists such as Julia Fischer, Lucas und Arthur Jussen, Sabine Meyer, Nils Mönkemeyer, Daniel Lozakovich, Martin James Bartlett, Alexander Krichel, Alexei Volodin, Mikhail Pletnev, James Ehnes and Alexej Gerassimez.

In the past season he conducted, among others, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Brandenburg State Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, the Belgrade Philharmonic, the Filarmonica Teatro Regio di Torino and the Slovac State Philharmonic for the first time.