Markus Stenz
Conductor
Conductor
Brief profile
Markus Stenz has held numerous prominent positions with international orchestras and opera houses, including Principal Conductor of the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, General Music Director of the City of Cologne and Gürzenich Kapellmeister, Principal Guest Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Conductor-in-residence of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and Principal Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
As an opera conductor, he has led numerous world premieres, premieres and revivals, including the world premiere of György Kurtág’s opera Fin de Partie at La Scala in Milan (2018), at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam (2019) and at the Opéra National de Paris (2022), Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2021) and Death in Venice (2019) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Franz Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten at the Bavarian State Opera (2018).
His extensive discography includes many prize-winning recordings including the Gürzenich-Orchestra Köln’s complete cycle of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies with Symphony No. 5 receiving the German Record Critics’ Award; Strauss’ Don Quixote and Till Eulenspiegel received unanimous critical acclaim, followed by an equally celebrated recording of Schönberg’s Gurrelieder released in 2015, receiving the Choral Award at the 2016 Gramophone Awards.
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