Michael Sanderling

After completing his studies, Berlin native Michael Sanderling launched a successful international career as a cellist and for many years performed as a solo cellist with many leading European and US orchestras.

Since the 2006/07 concert season, Michael Sanderling has been the Principal Conductor and, with Andrea Marcon, Artistic Director of the Kammerakademie Potsdam while also serving as Principal Conductor of the Kammerorchester Berlin and the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie. He made his debut as a conductor of the Kammerorchester Berlin in 2001.

Michael Sanderling regularly appears as guest conductor with the Dresden Philharmonic, the Berlin, Leipzig and Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestras, the Staatskapelle Weimar, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra and the China Philharmonic Peking.

His conducting debut with the Staatskapelle Dresden in 2008 resulted in an immediate engagement to conduct at Dresden's Semperoper. He has also guest conducted the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and the Cologne Opera.

Numerous CD recordings and performances for radio and television document Michael Sanderling’s performance career.

The artist's homepage:

http://www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de/?i=orch_chefdirigent