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Cyfres Cyngherddau Rhyngwladol Neuadd Dewi Sant 2016/17 © MICHAEL SANDERLING PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR | PRIF ARWEINYDD MICHAEL SANDERLING has been Principal Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonie since 2011. He is also a sought-after guest conductor and directs renowned orchestras such as the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, the Berlin Konzerthausorchester, the Munich Philharmonie Orchestra, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokio, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Germany’s great radio orchestras. Born in Berlin, Michael Sanderling is one of the few who worked their way up through the ranks of orchestral musicians to the top league of conductors. In 1987, aged 20, he became a cello soloist at the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Kurt Masur, then from 1994 to 2006 he held the same Position at the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, he gave guest performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonie Orchestra and the Orchestre de Paris, to name but a few, and as a passionate chamber musician he was a member of the Ex Aequo trio for eight years. It was at a rehearsal of the Berlin Chamber Orchestra in 2000 that he first stood on the conductor’s podium. Familiär with a conductor’s work from his childhood as the son of legendary Kurt Sanderling, Michael assumed more and more conducting roles and was appointed Principal conductor and art director of the renowned Kammerakademie Potsdam in 2006. He enjoyed success as an opera conductor with Philip Glass’ "The Fall of the House of Usher" in Potsdam and with a new production of Sergei Prokofiev’s "War and Peace" at Cologne Opera. As both a cellist and conductor he has made recordings of important works from the repertoire of Dvorak, Schumann, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky to name but a few. The most important thing to Michael Sanderling is working with young musicians. He teaches as a Professor at Frankfurt University for Music and Performing Arts and co-operates regularly with the Bundesjugendorchester, the Jerusalem Weimar Youth Orchestra, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. From 2003 to 2013 he was associated with the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie as its principal conductor. Having been a musician himself, Michael Sanderling is considered to be extremely effective during rehearsals, yet able to generate fire and passion from the musicians during performances. His repertoire is versatile ranging from Bach and Handel to Contemporary premieres. He is always seeking to further develop the Dresden Philharmonic’s flexibility of sound and style. Photo/Llun: Nikolaj Lund
