Artistic Direction

Vinzenz Praxmarer

Vinzenz Praxmarer

Artistic Director

Since his opera debut in 2006, Austrian conductor Vinzenz Praxmarer has established himself internationally as a sought-after opera and concert conductor. As an opera conductor he has already worked at the Opéra national de Paris, the Vienna State Opera, the Vienna Volksoper, the Theater an der Wien, the Salzburg Festival, La Scala in Milan, the Opéra national de Lyon, the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, the Landestheater Bregenz, the Theater Bern, Theater St. Gallen and the Theater Chemnitz.

As a conductor in the symphonic field, Vinzenz Praxmarer is a regular guest with renowned orchestras, including the Tonkünstler Orchestra, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Munich Radio Orchestra, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Latvian National Orchestra in Riga, Tchaikovsky Orchestra in Moscow, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Philharmonic Orchestra in Sofia. He regularly collaborates with the Vienna Philharmonic Summer Academy for opera and concert productions.

He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Divertimento Viennese Orchestra, which is dedicated primarily to the music of the first half of the 20th century, focusing especially on Jewish composers who were ostracized, persecuted and forced to emigrate.

In the current 2023/24 season, Praxmarer will give concerts with the Divertimento Viennese Orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein, the Vienna State Opera, the Brucknerhaus Linz, the Forum am Schlosspark in Ludwigsburg, the Salzkammergut Festwochen, and the Herbsttage Blindenmarkt. He also conducts concerts with the Tonkünstler Orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein and the Festspielhaus St. Pölten, with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra in Morocco and with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra in Ankara, among others.

In the current 2023/24 season, Praxmarer will perform with the Divertimento Viennese Orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein, the Vienna State Opera, the Brucknerhaus Linz, the Forum am Schlosspark in Ludwigsburg, the Salzkammergut Festwochen, and the Herbsttage Blindenmarkt. He also conducts concerts with the Tonkünstler Orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein and the Festspielhaus St. Pölten, with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra in Morocco and with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra in Ankara, among others.

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