Press material Elisabeth Fuchs - Philharmonie Salzburg

Curriculum vitae Elisabeth Fuchs (Basic)

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 C major 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 Pastorale 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 loves to push 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, Julia Hagen, Benjamin Schmid, Olga Scheps, Ferhan and Ferzan Önder, Fabio Martino, 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, Frederic Böhle, Hans Sigl, Urbanatix, Herbert Pixner, Monika Gruber and Salut Salon.

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.

Curriculum vitae Elisabeth Fuchs (long)

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 performed several times with her orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein, Vienna Konzerthaus, Brucknerhaus Linz, Congress Center Villach, Kurhaus Wiesbaden and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. In the fall of 2018, Elisabeth Fuchs and the Philharmonie Salzburg undertook their first tour of China with Beethoven's Pastorale as the main work.

She lives in Salzburg with her two children.

Curriculum vitae Elisabeth Fuchs (short)

Elisabeth Fuchs, Conductor

Born in Upper Austria, Elisabeth Fuchs is chief conductor of the Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra. 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, which has led to special music & 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, Hans Sigl, Urbanatix and Salut Salon.

A major concern of hers is participatory music education, which has led to major 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 Apprentice 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.

Curriculum vitae Elisabeth Fuchs (very short)

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 the Burgenland State Orchestra and works closely with renowned orchestras such as the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra.

Elisabeth Fuchs loves to push musical boundaries. This has led to special collaborations with Stjepan Hauser (2Cellos), the David Orlowsky Trio, the Klazz Brothers, Rolando Villazon, Iris Berben and many other artists. A major concern of hers is participatory music education, which has led to choral projects with over 300 participants and intensive work with children and young people.