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Beside this Position, he is guest conductor of renowned orchestras such as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich, the Munich Philharmonie, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonie Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow, the Czech Philharmonie, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the German Radio Symphony Orchestras of WDR and SWR. With the Dresden Philharmonie, Michael Sanderling regulariy undertakes concerttours in Asia, South America, the U.S.A., Spain, the United Kingdom, Austria, Switzeriand and Germany. In Cooperation with SONY Classical, since 2015 a CD recording of all the symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven and Dmitri Shostakovich is being produced under Michael Sanderling's leadership. As of now, the first two CDs of the series have been released, marking a new chapter in the discography of the Dresden Philharmonie. Born in Berlin, Michael Sanderling is one of the few people who, after playing in an orchestra, has been able to achieve a highly successful career as conductor. In 1987, atthe age of 20, he became solo Cellist of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Kurt Masur and, from 1994 to 2006, he held the same Position in the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. As soloist, he gave guest performances with ensembles including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonie and the Orchestre de Paris. As a Cellist however, he stopped performing a long time ago. Michael Sanderling first graced the conductor’s stand at a concert of the Kammerorchester Berlin in 2000 - and caught fire. Having been familiär with the art of conducting from a young age, as son of the legendary Kurt Sanderling, Michael Sanderling took on more and more conducting roles, and was named the Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Kammerakademie Potsdam in 2006. One of Michael Sanderling’s passions is working with young musicians. He teaches at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt/Main and regulariy works with the Bundesjugendorchester (National Youth Orchestra of Germany), the Young Philharmonie Orchestra Jerusalem Weimar, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the Schleswig-Holstein-Festivalorchester. From 2003 to 2013, he was the principal conductor for the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie. His musical horizons encompass works by Bach and Handel, to Beethoven and Shostakovich, to worid premieres, of which he has conducted many by now.
