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Chief Conductor of the Vogtland Philharmonie since the 2025/2026 season

Conductor Florian Ludwig has served as Chief Conductor of the Vogtland Philharmonie since the beginning of the 2025/2026 season and is Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Detmold University of Music. In the current season, he conducts the Oldenburg State Orchestra (1st Symphony Concert), the MDR Symphony Orchestra (New Year’s Concerts), the Philharmonic Orchestra of Gießen, the Württemberg Philharmonic, the Philharmonie Südwestfalen, the Northwest German Philharmonic (Der Heiland letzte Stunden by Spohr), and the Bremer Philharmoniker (Gala gegen den Krebs). At the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, he leads the semi-staged production of Offenbach’s La Duchesse de Gerolstein.

His recent engagements include Der Freischütz at the Oldenburg State Theatre, Mozart’s Il re pastore with the Kammerakademie Potsdam, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Vogtland Philharmonie, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem and both Brahms piano concertos with the Northwest German Philharmonic, as well as gala and symphony concerts with the Staatskapelle Halle, the Bergische Symphoniker, the Dortmund Philharmonic, the Württemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen, and the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Earlier in his career, Ludwig held posts at the National Theatre Mannheim and the Bremen Theatre, where he served as First Kapellmeister from 2003. From 2008 to 2017, he was General Music Director in Hagen, significantly raising the regional and international profile of the Philharmonic Orchestra. For his innovative programming and the stylistic development of the orchestra, he was awarded the 2014/15 Prize for the Best Annual Programme in the German-speaking world by the Association of German Music Publishers.

From 2020 to 2022, Ludwig served as Interim General Music Director in Gießen, where he made a strong artistic statement during the pandemic with a concert performance of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.

Guest conducting engagements have taken him to the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Halle, the Kammerakademie Potsdam, the Northwest German Philharmonic, the Philharmonie Südwestfalen, the Oldenburg State Orchestra, the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Musiktheater im Revier, the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra (Finland), and the Kaunas Symphony Orchestra (Lithuania). Since 2019, he has also maintained a close collaboration with the Kammeroper Rheinsberg.

Florian Ludwig is recognised for his wide-ranging repertoire, stylistic versatility, and strong commitment to music education and engaging directly with audiences:

“Music can overcome boundaries and make language barriers disappear. It creates unity where once there was division. That is why its social importance today is greater than ever.”

2025-08-11

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