Ektoras Tartanis

German conductor of Greek origin, Ektoras Tartanis, was appointed 1st Kapellmeister at the Opera House in Freiburg in the 2019/20 season. In that position he works as the musical director of several opera productions and symphony concerts and collaborates with renowned directors such as Herbert Fritsch, Kornél Mundruczó and Juan Anton Rechi. Ektoras Tartanis is also the assistant and artistic mentee of Teodor Currentzis, with whom he has worked with the MusicAeterna Choir and Orchestra, the Wiener Symphoniker and the RSO Wien. In Juni 2021 Ektoras Tartanis got the „Special Prize“ of the "International Khachaturian Conducting Competition 2021" in Jerewan for the best interpretation of Kchachaturians Adagio from the ballet „Spartakus“. Prior to his current position he was the 1st Kapellmeis