Wolfgang Rögner (Conductor)
1951 Born in Thuringen, Germany
1964 – 1970 Special School of Music Weimar / Belvedere
1970 Abitur
1970 – 1975 Studies at the University of Music “Franz Liszt” Weimar (main subjects: conducting and piano)
1975 State Exam
1975 – 1978 Solo repetitor and Kapellmeister at the Theater der Stadt Plauen / V.
1978 – 1985 1st Kapellmeister in Zwickau
1980 – 1981 Additional studies at the Rimsky-Korsakof-Conservatory St.Petersburg (masterclass by Prof. Arvid Jansons)
1982 Diploma at the International Béla – Bartok Seminar in Szombathely / Hungary
1982 Winner of the 4th International Conductor Competition of the Hungarian Radio and Television (Mentor: Prof. Kurt Masur)
1982 Diploma at the Interpodium – Music Festival Bratislava / Slovakia
1985 – 1989 Chief Conductor and Music Director at the German – Sorbian – Volkstheater Bautzen
1986 – 1989 Lecturer in contemporary music of all conductor classes at the Academy of Music “Carl Maria von Weber” Dresden
1985 – 1989 First Principal Conductor at the Nederlands Ballet Orchestra Amsterdam and Music Director at Nederlands Dance Theater, The Hague
1989 – 2000 General Music Director at the Erfurt Theatre and Chief Conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra Erfurt
1990 – 1994 also Opera Director at the Theater Erfurt
1994 Award of the German Music Publishers Association for the best concert program of all German cultural orchestras
1994 – 1998 Managing director of the Philharmonic Orchestra Erfurt
1998 – 2002 Freelance conductor and writer
2002 – 2010 Director and Artistic Director of the Sorbian National Ensemble Bautzen
2010 – 2015 Freelance conductor and writer
2015 – 2018 GMD and Chief Conductor at the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra
2017 – Spiritus rector and director of the NeuSeenLand-Musikfest Zwenkau
2018 – 2020 Freelance as conductor and writer
01.08.2020- Chief Conductor and Managing Director of the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra.
Festivals:
1992 Founder of PHILHARMONISCHE FESTTAGE ERFURT Artistic director until 2001
1994 Co-founder ERFURTER DOMSTUFEN – FESTSPIELE musical director of performances and concerts until 2001
2004 Founder MUSIKFEST SCHMOCHTITZ artistic management until 2010
2017 Founder NewSeenLand – Music festival artistic overall management to the present day
Guest conductor with internationally renowned orchestras:
Staatskapelle Dresden (“Barbier von Sevilla” / “Rose”, Dresden Philharmonie, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Radio SO Frankfurt / M., Rundfunk SO Leipzig and Berlin, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Weimar (“Magic Flute”), State Philharmonic Orchestra Athens, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, NBO Amsterdam, Philharmonic Orchestra Tessaloniki, Senri-Bach-Orchestra Osaka, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Dvorak Philharmonic Prague (Tour 2008), Orchestra Association Zurich/Tonhalle, Vilnius State Opera (“Tannhäuser”), Orchestra Association Basel, G.- Verdi Philharmonie Milan, Radio SO Bratislava, Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Sofia State Opera (“Carmen”- 2008) , Orchestra Puellarum Pragensis (Tur, 2011), Berliner Symphoniker (European Tour 2019) and others…
