In addition to several return engagements, in 2015 and 2016 he will be making his conducting debuts with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony.the NHK Symphony Orchestra,theToronto Symphony Orchestra and theTokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Michael Sanderling is devoted to working with talented young musicians. He was principal conductor of the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie for several years and, most recently, has worked with Germany’s Bundesjugendorchester, the Jerusalem WeimarYouth Orchestra, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. In addition to late-Romantic Symphonie works, he alsofocuses on the works of Shostakovich and repertoire from the classicaI period. As a Champion of new music, he has given many premiere performances of works by Contemporary composers. Sanderling has conducted many of the world's leadingorchestras, amongthem Zurichs Tonhalle Orchestra, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, the Konzerthausorchester in Berlin,the Munich Philharmonie, the Staatskapelle in Dresden, Bamberg Symphony,the Radio Symphony Orchestras of Stuttgart, Munich, Cologne, Hamburg, Leipzig and Hannover, the Strasbourg Philharmonie Orchestra and the Netherlands Philharmonie Orchestra. He conducted the highly praised new production of Sergei Prokofiev's monumental War and Peace at the Cologne Opera. Sanderling opened his tenure as Principal Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonie at the beginning ofthe 2011-12 season and will continue in this capacity through the 2018-2019 season. He was previously artistic director and principal conductor ofthe Kammerakademie Potsdam from 2006 to 2010. Born and educated in Berlin, Michael Sanderling is one ofthe most highly sought-after conductors of his generation. Many engagements with leading orchestras and a highly successful artistic collaboration with the renowned Dresden Philharmonie have earned Sanderling an international reputation as a conductor. Michael Sanderling Conductor biographies
