FELIX MILDENBERGER

Felix Mildenberger

CONDUCTOR | DIRIGENT​

BIO

Felix Mildenberger has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Filarmonica Teatro Regio di Torino since 2021. A continued scholarship holder of the Dirigentenforum, in 2021 he was added by the Deutscher Musikrat to the so-called “Maestros of Tomorrow”– a list of artists having proven long-standing artistic quality. A year before, he was the first conductor to receive the "Prix Young Artist of the Year" at the Festival der Nationen.

Praised for his ‘refined technique and clear ideas’, Felix Mildenberger already works with notable orchestras, such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, DSO Berlin, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Dresdner Philharmonie, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Staatskapelle Weimar, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Bremer Philharmoniker, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie Herford, Dortmunder Philharmoniker, Ensemble Modern, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Camerata Salzburg, Belgrade Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife, Orchestre National de Lille, Nagoya Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, and others.
In 2024, Mildenberger made his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he conducted a performance of George Benjamin’s “Written On Skin”.
He has collaborated with soloists such as Julia Fischer, Lucas und Arthur Jussen, Sabine Meyer, Nils Mönkemeyer, Daniel Lozakovich, Martin James Bartlett, Alexander Krichel, James Ehnes and Alexej Gerassimez.

In the 2024/25 season, he will return to the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Belgrade Philharmonic and the Filarmonica Teatro Regio di Torino. He will also conduct the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Philharmonie Südwestfalen and the Slovac State Philharmonic for the first time, as well as several performances of Berlioz’ “Damnation de Faust” at the Slovenian National Theatre in Ljubljana.

I have known Felix for many years now and I’m proud to see how he has developed his talent!
Felix is a very good conductor with a strong musicality and skill.
He will have a bright future ahead of him!

He has served as assistant conductor for several conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Paavo Järvi, Sir Simon Rattle, Fabio Luisi, Marko Letonja, Gianandrea Noseda, Robin Ticciati, Cristian Macelaru, Emmanuel Krivine and others.

After winning the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition in 2018, he was Assistant Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra for two years, where he worked closely with Sir Simon Rattle and conducted numerous concerts.
In 2019-20, he worked in the same capacity for Paavo Järvi at the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and in 2017-19 at the Orchestre National de France for chief conductor Emmanuel Krivine. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has also repeatedly engaged him as a “cover conductor” for conductors such as Bernard Haitink and Mariss Jansons.
In 2021 he assisted Herbert Blomstedt on his US tour with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra.
In opera productions, he has assisted Marc Albrecht at the Deutsche Oper, Jane Glover at the Aspen Opera Centre and Jukka-Pekka Saraste at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. He has also conducted concerts as part of the Impuls Festival for New Music. Since 2014, he has been chief conductor and artistic director of the Sinfonieorchester Crescendo Freiburg, which he co-founded.

Born in Germany in 1990, Felix Mildenberger received his first musical training in violin, viola and piano and studied Conducting in Freiburg and Vienna. His teachers include Lutz Koehler, Gerhard Markson, Mark Stringer, Scott Sandmeier, Massimiliano Matesic and Alexander Burda. He additionally studied with Paavo Järvi, Bernard Haitink, David Zinman, Marko Letonja, Johannes Schlaefli, James E. Ross and others in masterclasses. In 2016 and in 2017 he was a Conducting Fellow with the Aspen Music Festival, where he studied with Robert Spano, Markus Stenz and Hugh Wolff, and where he was awarded the “Robert Spano Conductor Prize”. In 2017, he won the second prize at the 12th Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition  and in 2020, he was named “Yound Artist of the Year” by the the Festival der Nationen.
He has been a scholarship holder of the “Forum Dirigieren” of the German Music Council in 2017-23 and of the Deutsche Bank Foundation’s “Akademie Musiktheater heute” in 2017-19.
From 2015 to 2017, he taught orchestral conducting at the Freiburg University of Music and led a masterclass for young conductors at the Mozarteum University Salzburg during the Mozartwoche 2020.

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Felix Mildenberger is a very intelligent and talented musician who shows great promise in his future career as a conductor.

SCHEDULE

Thu, 05 Dec 24
20:30

Teatro Piccolo Strehler, Milano

LaFil – Filarmonica di Milano

F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – complete incidental music

Coro Universitario Ghislieri di Pavia
Actors from the Teatro Piccolo di Milano

Mon, 09 Dec 24 to Sun, 02 Feb 25

Ljubljana

Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet

Assistant Conductor for Marko Letonja

H. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust

Fri, 31 Jan 25
19:30

Ljubljana

Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet

H. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust

Sat, 01 Feb 25
19:30

Ljubljana

Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet

H. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust

Mon, 17 Feb 25
20:30

Filarmonica Teatro Regio di Torino

I. Stravinsky: Pulcinella-Suite
A. Jolivet: Concerto for bassoon and orchestra
J. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in g minor, op. 25 (orch. A. Schoenberg)

Andrea Azzi, bassoon

Fri, 14 Mar 25
20:00

Kolarac Hall, Belgrade

Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra

G. Fauré: Pavane
M. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
A. Scrjabin: Symphony No. 2

Mikhail Pletnev, piano

Sun, 16 Mar 25
20:00

Maribor

Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra

G. Fauré: Pavane, op. 50
M. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
A. Scrjabin: Symphony No. 2 in c minor, op. 29

Mikhail Pletnev, piano

Wed, 26 Mar 25

Bucharest, Rumania

Camerata Regală – Royal Chamber Orchestra

tba

tba

Sun, 30 Mar 25
11:15

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

Family concert

S. Prokofiev: Peter und der Wolf, op. 67

Lorenz Pauli, author and narrator

Sun, 30 Mar 25
14:15

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

Family concert

S. Prokofiev: Peter und der Wolf, op. 67

Lorenz Pauli, author and narrator

Thu, 10 Apr 25

Kosice

Slovac State Philharmonic Orchestra

D. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
M. Weinberg: Symphony No. 3

Dmytro Udovychenko, violin

Fri, 11 Apr 25

Slovac State Philharmonic Orchestra

Allegretto Žilina, CENTRAL-EUROPEAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

D. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
M. Weinberg: Symphony No. 3

Dmytro Udovychenko, violin

Thu, 24 Apr 25
19:30

Ljubljana

Symphony orchestra of the Academy of Ljubljana

M. Nahtigal: Uvertura 9119 (first performance)
J. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77
S. Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

Sat, 17 May 25
20:00

Münchner Rundfunkorchester

tba

Matthias Höfs, trumpet

Fri, 30 May 25
19:30

Philharmonie Südwestfalen

F. Mendelssohn: Overture “Hebriden”, op. 26
C. Saint-Saens: Konzertstück für Harfe und Orchester, op. 154
C. Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c minor, op. 67

Press

June, 2024

Thüringer Allgemeine

“Staatskapelle Weimar mit majestätisch leisen Tönen”

Felix Mildenberger zu Gast in Weimar

February, 2024

Slipped Disc

George Benjamin’s opera “Written on skin”

Felix Mildenberger at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

February, 2024

nova.rs

“An exceptionally successful event”

Felix Mildenberger and the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra

February, 2024

Thüringische Landeszeitung

“Das Orchester zaubert berührende Klangwelten”

Felix Mildenberger und die Jenaer Philharmonie

October, 2023

Darmstädter Echo

“Ewig flirrt der Naturton”

Felix Mildenberger und die Deutsche Philharmonie Merck in Darmstadt

June, 2023

bachtrack.com

“El valor de la juventud”

Felix Mildenberger dirigiert das Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife

January, 2023

FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine

“Italienische Inspiration”

Felix Mildenberger dirigiert das hr-Sinfonieorchester

January, 2023

hr2-Kultur

 

 

 

Neujahrskonzert 2023 in Wiesbaden mit dem hr-Sinfonieorchester

In einem Interview mit hr2-kultur erzählt er, wie er schon mit 17 Jahren seine Leidenschaft für das Dirigieren entdeckte und welches Programm er beim Neujahrskonzert präsentieren wird.

March, 2022

Pizzicato – Remy Franck’s Journal

 

 

Dirigent Felix Mildenberger: “Vertrauen muss man sich verdienen“

Felix Mildenberger begann seine musikalische Ausbildung in Violine, Viola und Klavier. Er studierte Orchesterleitung in Freiburg, Wien und am Aspen Music Festival. Mildenberger ist bereits mit vielen Orchestern national und international tätig und wird ab 2022 Erster Gastdirigent der Filarmonica Teatro Regio di Torino sein. Alain Steffen interviewte ihn.

July, 2021

L’Ape musicale

“Enigmi e ricordi”

Felix Mildenberger and the Filarmonica Teatro Regio di Torino

September, 2020

Neckar-Chronik

“Stehender Applaus für einen wunderbaren Konzertabend”

Felix Mildenberger debütiert bei den Stuttgarter Philharmonikern

September, 2020

Schwarzwälder Bote

“Tonfolgen von unglaublicher Zartheit”

Felix Mildenberger mit den Stuttgarter Philharmonikern

March, 2020

Bachtrack / bachtrack.com

 

 

 

Bachtrack – Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, March 2020 

„Mildenberger shaped a performance that was full of energy and drive, stormy and turbulent where necessary as in the first movement, relaxed and good-humoured at other times as in the third. Changes in dynamics and tempo contributed to an exciting account. (…) The grand melody in the finale brought us to an exciting conclusion of a fine concert.“ [J. Brahms: Sinfonie Nr. 1, c-Moll]

September, 2018

Ongaku-no Tomo

Debut in Japan

Felix Mildenberger stepping in on short notice with the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra in Osaka

Felix is a very gifted young conductor. He combines great technical skills and an excellent ear with extraordinary musicality and stunning professional attitude.

CONTACT

General Management

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www.brinksartists.nl

Local Management (Japan)

JAPAN ARTS
Mr. Jun-ichi Nihei
nihei@japanarts.co.jp

To contact Felix directly,

please write to contact@felixmildenberger.com

Photography by

Jasper Ehrich

Doug Peters

Neda Navaee