German conductor, principal conductor of the Saxon State Chapel (since 2012). He was also music director of the Bayreuth Festival (2015-2020) and the Salzburg Easter Festival (2013-2022). Permanent guest conductor of the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras. Honorary professor at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden, member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (2006), honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London (2011).
Born on April 1, 1959, in West Berlin, he began studying music at age five. In 1978, at age 19, he became an assistant to Herbert von Karajan and also worked as a répétiteur at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 1985, he became a kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf.
In 1987, he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera, conducting Mozart's "Così fan tutte".
In 1988, he took up the post of music director at the Nuremberg State Theatre, becoming the youngest conductor in Germany to hold such a position.
In 1993, he became a guest conductor at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna.
From 1997 to 2004 – music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Christian Thielemann is considered a brilliant Wagnerian conductor. In 2000, he made his Bayreuth Festival debut with "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg". In 2001, he conducted "Parsifal", and in 2002 – a new production of "Tannhäuser". In 2006, he conducted the premiere of a new production of the "Ring Cycle" (directed by Tankred Dorst). In 2012, he conducted "The Flying Dutchman". In 2015, he conducted the premiere of "Tristan und Isolde", and in 2018 – "Lohengrin". On June 29, 2015, it was announced that Thielemann had been appointed music director of the Bayreuth Festival. This event was exceptional because such a position had never existed at the festival before. In 2019, he urgently replaced Valery Gergiev, who was supposed to conduct a new production of "Tannhäuser" (directed by Tobias Kratzer). In 2020, the conductor's contract with Bayreuth ended.
In the autumn of 2022, he urgently replaced the ill Daniel Barenboim at the premiere of Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung" at the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden.
Born on April 1, 1959, in West Berlin, he began studying music at age five. In 1978, at age 19, he became an assistant to Herbert von Karajan and also worked as a répétiteur at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 1985, he became a kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf.
In 1987, he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera, conducting Mozart's "Così fan tutte".
In 1988, he took up the post of music director at the Nuremberg State Theatre, becoming the youngest conductor in Germany to hold such a position.
In 1993, he became a guest conductor at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna.
From 1997 to 2004 – music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Christian Thielemann is considered a brilliant Wagnerian conductor. In 2000, he made his Bayreuth Festival debut with "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg". In 2001, he conducted "Parsifal", and in 2002 – a new production of "Tannhäuser". In 2006, he conducted the premiere of a new production of the "Ring Cycle" (directed by Tankred Dorst). In 2012, he conducted "The Flying Dutchman". In 2015, he conducted the premiere of "Tristan und Isolde", and in 2018 – "Lohengrin". On June 29, 2015, it was announced that Thielemann had been appointed music director of the Bayreuth Festival. This event was exceptional because such a position had never existed at the festival before. In 2019, he urgently replaced Valery Gergiev, who was supposed to conduct a new production of "Tannhäuser" (directed by Tobias Kratzer). In 2020, the conductor's contract with Bayreuth ended.
In the autumn of 2022, he urgently replaced the ill Daniel Barenboim at the premiere of Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung" at the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden.
