Christian Thielemann

Quick Facts

Full Name	Christian Thielemann
Occupation	Conductor
Date Of Birth	Apr 1, 1959(1959-04-01)
Age	65
Country	Germany
Birth City	Berlin
Horoscope	Aries

Christian Thielemann Biography

Christian Thielemann is one of the most popular and richest Conductor who was born on April 1, 1959 in Berlin, Germany. Christian Thielemann (born 1 April 1959 in West Berlin) is a German conductor from Germany. He is Chief Conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Director of the Salzburg Easter Festival.

Thielemann is a regular conductor of the Bayreuth Festival, following his debut in 2000 in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger of Nurnberg as well as in the Salzburg Festival. Following the decision made in August 2008 by the Richard Wagner Festival Foundation to nominate Katharina Wagner as well as Eva Wagner- Pasquier as successors to Wolfgang Wagner as directors of the Bayreuth Festival, Thielemann was appointed Music Advisor. In June 2015 the Bayreuth Festival informally declared the appointment Thielemann as the festival’s music director.

He conducted the Vienna Philharmonic 2019 New Year’s Concert for the very first time.

Thielemann was the subject of controversy following his attribution of anti- semitic comments to his friend in 2000 regarding Daniel Barenboim, which Thielemann later claimed to have denied. A different controversy has been triggered by Thielemann’s public statements in support of his support for the Pegida movement.

Christian Thielemann Net Worth

Christian Thielemann is one of the richest Conductor from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Christian Thielemann 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His debut season in 1991/92 at America. United States, conducting a new production of Strauss’ Elektra in San Francisco was quickly followed by performances with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He was appointed in 1997 to took over as Generalmusikdirektor for the Deutsche Oper Berlin. The report of 2000 said that Thielemann was scheduled to quit his position at the Deutsche Oper in 2001 over disagreements with the new artistic director Udo Zimmermann. Thielemann was with the company until 2004 when he quit due to conflicts with regard to Berlin city funding, which was shared between both the Deutsche Oper and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

Thielemann was a violist and pianist in the Hochschule fur Musik in Berlin and was a private instructor in conducting and composition before becoming a répétiteur in the age of 19. He was employed at Deutsche Oper Berlin with Heinrich Hollreiser. He also worked as the assistant of Herbert von Karajan. He was employed at a variety of smaller German theaters, including The Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen as well as located in Karlsruhe, Hanover, at Dusseldorf’s Deutsche Oper am Rhein as the First Kapellmeister and at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Nurnberg acting as Generalmusikdirektor after which he returned to Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1991 to conduct Wagner’s Lohengrin. He also helped Daniel Barenboim at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.

In 2003, Thielemann was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz). In October 2011, he received honorary membership of the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 2015, Thielemann won the Richard Wagner Award (Richard-Wagner-Preis) of Leipzig. He served as the Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies at Oxford University in January 2016.

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Christian Ranked on the list of most popular Conductor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Christian Thielemann celebrates birthday on April 1 of every year.

Top Facts about Christian Thielemann

1. Christian Thielemann is a German conductor born in 1959.
2. He has been the chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden since 2012.
3. Thielemann has conducted at major opera houses and orchestras worldwide.
4. He is known for his interpretations of Richard Wagner’s music.
5. Thielemann has won numerous awards, including the Order of Merit of Berlin.
6. He studied under Herbert von Karajan and worked as his assistant.
7. Thielemann has recorded extensively, with over 200 recordings to his name.
8. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
9. Thielemann advocates for traditional approaches to conducting classical music.
10. He is considered one of the leading conductors in the world today.