Joana Mallwitz

“She is an inquisitive artist who knows how to motivate an orchestra while simultaneously demanding the highest standards. She can immerse herself in the intricacies of sound color but also knows when to let go.” This was the opinion of the jury from the magazine “Opernwelt” in the autumn of 2019 when they named 33-year-old conductor Joana Mallwitz “Conductor of the Year”. Mallwitz, who since the 2018/2019 season has been General Music Director of the Nuremberg State Theater, is celebrated by critics as an “extraordinarily talented conductor” able from her position in the orchestra pit to shape and animate the musical action like a “stage director in sound” (Reinhard J. Brembeck in the Süddeutsche Zeitung).

Born in the German city of Hildesheim, Mallwitz received her musical training at