Markus Stenz
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Markus Stenz

Markus Stenz has held several high-profile positions including Principal Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (2012-2019) and Conductor-in-Residence of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (2016-2021). In 2018, he conducted Schrekers Die Gezeichneten at the Bayerische Staatsoper, as well as the long-awaited world premiere of Kurtág's Fin de partie at Teatro alla Scala Milan, followed by performances at Dutch National Opera in 2019 and Opéra national de Paris in 2022. In the 2022-23 season, Stenz made his debut with the Orchestra dell'Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and returned to the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the Netherlans Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and the Gürzenich Orchester Köln. In the summer of 2023, he was appointed Professor of Conducting at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin.

In September 2023, conductor Markus Stenz returns to Dutch National Opera to lead the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny.

Last update: 20 July 2023