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, at the Salzburg Festival she conducted Shostakovich's Das Neue Babylon as well as the Mozart operas Bastien und Bastienne and Der Schauspieldirektor, which were recorded on DVD by the classical music label Die deutsche Grammophon. Elisabeth Fuchs loves 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, Conchita Wurst, Cornelius Obonya, Philipp Hochmair, Hans Sigl, Urbanatix, Herbert Pixner and Salut Salon.
She is particularly interested in participatory music education (which has led to major choral 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 in 2007, established the Apprentice Concerts at the Grosses Festspielhaus and Brucknerhaus Linz in 2013, launched the Zeig dein Talent competition in 2021, initiated a recorder project for Salzburg's primary school children in 2022 and founded the Kinder- & Jugendphilharmonie Salzburg. From 2009 to 2018, she was artistic director of the Salzburg Cultural Association. Elisabeth Fuchs has received numerous awards, including the Grand Decoration of Merit of the Province of Salzburg and the City of Salzburg's Honorary Cup and Gold Seal.
E. Mayer
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)