Achim Fiedler

Achim Fiedler (born 1965) is a German conductor.[1][2][3]

Biography

Born in Stuttgart in 1965, Achim Fiedler studied violin at the Hochschule für Musik in Köln, in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and conducting at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart.[2] He also attended the Tanglewood Music Center Summer Courses.[1]

In 1996 he won the first prize of the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition, Spain. He has been invited to conduct major orchestras such as the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria.[1][2]

From 1998 to 2012 Fiedler conducted the Lucerne Festival Strings.[4] He was also the principal conductor of the Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen.[3] In 2018, he signed a five-year contract to become Music Director of the Sinfonieorchester Villingen-Schwenningen, starting in January 2019.[5]

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References
  1. "Achim Fiedler". Lucerne Festival Strings. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. "Winning conductors". Cadaqués Orchestra. Archived from the original on 27 October 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. "Der Chefdirigent". Folkwang Kammerorchester. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. "History of the Lucerne Festival Strings". Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  5. "Achim Fiedler". Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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