Rasmus Baumann

Since the 2014/15 season, Rasmus Baumann has been Genaeral Music Director of the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen (NPW), the largest orchestra in North Rhine-Westphalia with 124 musicians and the opera orchestra of the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen. “For the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia, Rasmus Baumann proves to be the ideal cast and is an orchestra director at the cutting edge of his field, combining meticulous attention to detail with controlled passion,” writes the press. Since his time as General Music Director of the NPW, he has initiated numerous innovative projects with his orchestra: the new conception of the symphony concert cycle with a programmatic red thread, the expansion of crossover concerts to include the entire carrier area of the ensemble, the introduction o