Elisabeth Fuchs
Principal Conductor

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Elisabeth Fuchs, Conductor

Elisabeth Fuchs is chief conductor and founder of the Philharmonie Salzburg. She has also been Chief Conductor of the Burgenland State Orchestra since 2023. She has worked for several years with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also conducted the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Orchestra Recreation Graz, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Dortmund Philharmonic, the NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, the HR Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt, the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the Munich Radio Orchestra.

Elisabeth Fuchs made her debut at the Prague State Opera with The Magic Flute, and at the Salzburg Festival she conducted Shostakovich's The New Babylon and Mozart's operas Bastien und Bastienne and Der Schauspieldirektor, which were recorded on DVD by the classical music label Deutsche Grammophon. Elisabeth Fuchs to experiment across musical boundaries. This has led to special music and performance projects with Quadro Nuevo, Stjepan Hauser (2CELLOS), David Orlofsky Trio, Klazz Brothers, Henry Threadgill, Pacho Flores, Andreas Martin Hofmeir, Benjamin Schmid, Sergej Malov, Yury Revich, Alina Pogostkina, Daniel Müller-Schott, Per Arne Glorvigen, Nikolai Tokarev, Rolando Villazón, Evelyn Huber, Deborah Henson-Conant, Iris Berben, Maria Bill, Monika Ballwein, Monika Gruber, Conchita Wurst, Cornelius Obonya, Philipp Hochmair, Hans Sigl, Urbanatix, Herbert Pixner, and Salut Salon.

She is particularly committed to participatory music education (which has led, among other things, to large choir projects with the choir founded in 2019 with over 300 participants) and music education for children and young people. To this end, Elisabeth Fuchs founded the Salzburg Children's Festival Fuchs 2007, established the apprentice concerts at the Großes Festspielhaus and the Brucknerhaus Linz in 2013, launched the Zeig dein Talent competition in 2021, initiated a recorder project for Salzburg's elementary school children in 2022, and founded the Salzburg Children's & Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2009 to 2018, she was artistic director of the Salzburg Cultural Association. Elisabeth Fuchs numerous awards, including the Grand Decoration of Honor of the Province of Salzburg and the Honorary Cup and City Seal in Gold of the City of Salzburg.

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Elisabeth Fuchs, conductor
Born in Austria, Elisabeth Fuchs studied orchestral conducting, oboe, school music and mathematics at the Mozarteum Salzburg, the Paris Lodron University Salzburg and the Cologne University of Music. She is chief conductor of the Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra and works closely with renowned orchestras such as the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra.

Elisabeth Fuchs to break down musical boundaries. This has led to special collaborations with Stjepan Hauser (2Cellos), the David Orlowsky Trio, the Klazz Brothers, Rolando Villazon, Iris Berben, Philipp Hochmair, Herbert Pixner, and many other artists. Participatory music education is very important to her, which has led to choir projects with over 300 participants and intensive work with children and young people.

Elisabeth Fuchs, Conductor

Born in Upper Austria, Elisabeth Fuchs is chief conductor of the Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
She has worked for several years with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also conducted the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Orchestra Recreation Graz, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Dortmund Philharmonic, the NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, the HR Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt, the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the Munich Radio Orchestra.

Elisabeth Fuchs made Fuchs debut at the Prague State Opera with The Magic Flute, and at the Salzburg Festival she conducted Shostakovich's The New Babylon as well as Mozart's operas Bastien and Bastienne and Der Schauspieldirektor, which were recorded on DVD by the classical label Deutsche Grammophon. Elisabeth Fuchs to experiment across musical boundaries, which has led to special music and performance projects with Quadro Nuevo, Stjepan Hauser (2CELLOS), David Orlofsky Trio, Klazz Brothers, Henry Threadgill, Pacho Flores, Andreas Martin Hofmeir, Benjamin Schmid, Sergej Malov, Yury Revich, Alina Pogostkina, Daniel Müller-Schott, Per Arne Glorvigen, Nikolai Tokarev, Rolando Villazón, Evelyn Huber, Iris Berben, Maria Bill, Cornelius Obonya, Philipp Hochmair, Conchita Wurst, Hans Sigl, Urbanatix Herbert Pixner, and Salut Salon.

A major concern of hers is participatory music education, which has led, among other things, to large choral projects with the choir founded in 2019 with over 300 participants, as well as music education for children and young people. To this end, Elisabeth Fuchs founded the Salzburg Children's Festival in 2007, established the educational concerts at the Grosses Festspielhaus and Brucknerhaus Linz in 2013, launched the cross-genre competition Zeig dein Talent in 2021, initiated a recorder project for 6,000 children in 2022 and founded the Kinder- & Jugendphilharmonie Salzburg. From 2009 to 2018, she led the Salzburg Cultural Association, one of the largest concert organizers in Salzburg, as artistic director.

Elisabeth Fuchs studied orchestral conducting, choral conducting, oboe, school music and mathematics at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, the Paris Lodron University Salzburg and at the Cologne University of Music.

Elisabeth Fuchs, Conductor
Austrian-born Elisabeth Fuchs is chief conductor of the Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra, with which she performs a wide-ranging repertoire (Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Ravel through to Arvo Pärt, Kurt Schwertsik and John Adams) at the Salzburg Festival Hall, the Felsenreitschule and the Great Hall of the Mozarteum. She has made several guest appearances with her orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein, Vienna Konzerthaus, Brucknerhaus Linz, Congress Center Villach, Kurhaus Wiesbaden and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. Highlights of the 2019/20 season include Orff's Carmina Burana, Mahler's 1st & 5th, Elgar's Enigma Variations, Bruckner's 4th, Schubert's Great CDur Symphony, Mozart's last symphonies, Dvorak's 8th, Brahms' 2nd and Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique. In the fall of 2018, Elisabeth Fuchs and the Philharmonie Salzburg undertook their first tour of China with Beethoven's Pastoral as the main work.

Elisabeth Fuchs has worked regularly with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra since 2012 and has conducted the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra in the Lisinski Hall almost every season since 2014. In 2013 she made her debut with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and was invited back, as she was after her debut with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra in 2014. Elisabeth Fuchs has appeared at the Musikhalle Hamburg, the Konzerthaus Dortmund and the Rheingau Music Festival and has conducted the Brucknerorchester Linz, the Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover. In 2018, she made her debut with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, the HR Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt and the Munich Symphony Orchestra. With the Munich Radio Orchestra and Quadro Nuevo, she recorded the CD "Volkslied reloaded" for Sony Music in 2019.

Elisabeth Fuchs made her debut at the Prague State Opera with The Magic Flute, at the Salzburg Festival she conducted Shostakovich's The New Babylon and the Mozart operas Bastien und Bastienne and Der Schauspieldirektor, which were recorded on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon.
In 2017, Elisabeth Fuchs made her debut in Israel with the Beer Sheva Sinfonietta. She has also conducted the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Erfurt Symphony Orchestra, the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie Herford and the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra.

Elisabeth Fuchs to break down musical boundaries, which has led to special music and performance projects with Quadro Nuevo, Stjepan Hauser (2 Cellos), David Orlofsky Trio, Klazz Brothers, Henry Threadgill, Dance & Acrobatic Urbanatix Bochum, DJs Troy Savoy & Harvey Miller, Pacho Flores, Andreas Martin Hofmeir, Benjamin Schmid, Sergej Malov, Per Arne Glorvigen, Nikolai Tokarev, Rolando Villazón, Iris Berben, Maria Bill,
Cornelius Obonya, Philipp Hochmair, Herbert Pixner, and many other artists.

A major concern of hers is participatory music education, which has led to large choral projects with over 300 participants, as well as educational projects for children, young people and students, for which Elisabeth Fuchs initiated the Salzburg Children's Festival in 2007, the apprentice concerts in the Grosses Festspielhaus in 2013 and the lecture "UV Musikkunde interaktiv inklusive Konzerterlebnisse" for students in 2018. From 2009 to 2018, she was the artistic director of the Salzburg Cultural Association.

Elisabeth Fuchs studied orchestral conducting, choral conducting, oboe, school music and mathematics at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, at the Paris-Lodron University Salzburg and at the Cologne University of Music. Balduin Sulzer, Franz Welser-Möst, Herbert Böck, Karl Kamper and Dennis Russell Davies were musically influential figures in her artistic career. Elisabeth Fuchs was awarded the Irma von Troll Borostyáni Prize for her outstanding achievements in 2005, the Federal Decoration of Honor of the Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture in 2007, the Salzburg Prize of the Cultural Fund of the City of Salzburg in 2017 and the Honorary Cup of the City of Salzburg in 2018.

She lives in Salzburg with her two children.

Quotes

"The brilliantly crafted score unfolded its intrinsic powerin a rendition meticulously attuned to the tempo of the images by the exemplary and present conductor Elisabeth Fuchs ."
(Karl Harb, Salzburger Nachrichten)

"The musical part is the second strong success factor of this acclaimed performance: Elisabeth Fuchs, the Junge Philharmonie Salzburg and the dazzling young team of singers create a density and drama with such passion that the tension shoots into your soul. . . an enchanting "Mozart 22″ building block."
(Kronen Zeitung, Vienna)