Born in Berlin, Marcus Merkel studied conducting, composition, piano and singing in Berlin. In his youth he was also trained as a jazz pianist and singer, as well as on the double bass and saxophone. Among other things, he won the German National Composition Competition four times and most recently the competition for the Festival Fanfare of the Graz University of Technology. He attended courses with Gianluigi Gelmetti, among others, and was a guest student of Christian Thielemann in Bayreuth. Marcus Merkel founded the Junge Philharmonie Berlin while still a student and is its artistic director. During this time, he also conducted a festival in Kyoto, Japan, led a conducting workshop for the Berlin Philharmonic's education department, and filled in for Julien Salemkour in a production of
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Wenn Freundschaft spricht – Ein grenzenloser Liederabend, Various
Konzerthaus BerlinPianist
View cast and crewWenn Freundschaft spricht – Ein grenzenloser Liederabend, Various
Konzerthaus BerlinPianist
View cast and crewAriadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos), Strauss
Theater KoblenzConductor
View cast and crew7. Sinfoniekonzert, NeuwirthHaydnSibeliusDelius
Darmstadt State TheatreConductor
View program, cast and crewAriadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos), Strauss
Theater KoblenzConductor
View cast and crewThu19:30
Koblenz, GermanyAriadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos), Strauss
Theater KoblenzConductor
View cast and crewSun18:00
Koblenz, GermanyLudovic Tézier, Wagner, Richard
Teatro Real de MadridConductor
View program, cast and crewPaul Lewis En Beethovens Magistrale ‘Keizersconcerto’, BeethovenMendelssohn
Antwerp Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewDie Fledermaus (The Bat), Strauss II
Semperoper DresdenConductor
View cast and crewPuccini: Tosca - Kristine Opolais, Jonas Kaufmann, Marcus Merkel
Born in Berlin, Marcus Merkel studied conducting, composition, piano and singing in Berlin. In his youth he was also trained as a jazz pianist and singer, as well as on the double bass and saxophone. Among other things, he won the German National Composition Competition four times and most recently the competition for the Festival Fanfare of the Graz University of Technology. He attended courses with Gianluigi Gelmetti, among others, and was a guest student of Christian Thielemann in Bayreuth. Marcus Merkel founded the Junge Philharmonie Berlin while still a student and is its artistic director. During this time, he also conducted a festival in Kyoto, Japan, led a conducting workshop for the Berlin Philharmonic's education department, and filled in for Julien Salemkour in a production of