Felix Krieger

Felix Krieger has made a name for himself as one of the most exciting German conductors of his generation thanks to several highly acclaimed performances in Berlin´s Konzerthaus. He began his career in 1996 aged 22, when Claudio Abbado named him his assistant conductor at the Berlin Philharmonic. Since than he has conducted maior orchestras in concert, opera and ballet all over the world. Since 2010 he is artistic director and principal conductor of the Berliner Operngruppe, together with whom he has given enthusiastically received performances, including the Berlin premieres of Verdi´s Stiffelio, Puccini´s Edgar or most recently Mascagni´s Iris in February 2020. A live-recording of Iris was released by Oehms Classics in March 2021. With this album he is nominated for the OPUS KLASSIK AW