IngoMetzmacher

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About Ingo

Artistic Director: KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen

Ingo Metzmacher was General Music Director of the Staatsoper Hamburg (1997–2005), Chief Conductor at the Dutch National Opera (2005–07) and Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (2007–10). Since 2016 he has been the Artistic Director of the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen in Hanover. 

The 2024/25 season brings Ingo's fifth tour with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and performances with the Gewandhausorchester, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE, Wiener Symphoniker, SWR Symphonieorchester, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra. He will lead the world premieres of Francesco Filidei’s Il nome della rosa at Teatro alla Scala and Georg Friedrich Haas’ …heraus in Luft und Licht… with Klangforum Wien, as well as concerts with the Czech Philharmonic and the Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra as part of the Dvořák Prague Festival. In May 2025, he will present the tenth and final edition of the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen under his artistic direction.

Highlights of recent seasons include new productions of Rihm’s Die Eroberung von Mexico, Enescu’s Œdipe, Nono’s Intolleranza 1960 and Verdi’s Falstaff at the Salzburger Festspiele, Strauss‘ Salome at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Enescus Œdipe and Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in Paris, Braunfels Die Vögel at the Bayerische Staatsoper and, most recently, Magnard's Guercœur at the Opéra national du Rhin. Ingo has conducted The Cleveland Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Oslo Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic and Ensemble Modern, among others. 

At the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, Ingo has brought together the NDR Radiophilharmonie and numerous regional choirs to perform Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder, Berlioz' Requiem, Mahler's Symphony No.8 and Bernstein's Mass, and with the Ensemble Modern the world premiere of Mark Andre's rwh 1-4.

Ingo is based in Hanover

Contact

Katharina Ronnefeld

Katharina Ronnefeld

Director & Manager: Artists & Touring
Miriam Goldmann

Miriam Goldmann

Associate Artist Manager

Representation

European (except Italy) management with Askonas Holt

Opus 3 Artists (general management)

Partner Managers:

Resia Artists (Italy)

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Season Highlights

Aug 2024 - Sep 2024
European Tour
Programme A: Richard Wagner: Parsifal, WWV 111 - Prelude to Act I Luigi Nono: A Carlo Scarpa, architetto, ai suoi infiniti possibili Richard Wagner: Parsifal, WWV 111 - Good Friday Music Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.3 in D Minor, WAB 103 Programme B: Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Op.62 Arnold Schönberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16 Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op.72 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.8 in C minor, Op.65 Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Sep 2024
Rudolfinum, Prague
Bohuslav Martinů: Memorial to Lidice for symphony orchestra, H296 Petr Wajsar: Violonceloops (world premiere) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64 Václav Petr (cello) Czech Philharmonic
Oct 2024
Wiener Konzerthaus
Luigi Nono: Composizione per orchestra No.1 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor WAB 109 Wiener Symphoniker
Nov 2024
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
Anton Bruckner: Mass No.1 Arnold Schönberg: Die Jakobsleiter NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Nov 2024
Teatro Monumental, Madrid
Jörg Widmann: Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI) Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68 Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE
Jan 2025
Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Max Reger: Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin, Op.128 Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129 Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 Valentino Worlitzsch (violoncello) Gewandhausorchester
Feb 2025
Musiikkitalo, Helsinki
Jean Sibelius: En saga, Op.9 Wolfgang Rihm: Sub-Kontur Wolfgang Rihm: Verwandlung Jean Sibelius: Tapiola, Op.112 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Apr 2025 - May 2025
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Francesco Filidei: Il nome della rosa (world premiere) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala Lucas Meachem (Guglielmo da Baskerville) Kate Lindsey (Adso da Melk) Katrina Galka (La Ragazza del Villaggio/Statua della Vergine) Gianluca Buratto (Jorge da Burgos) Daniela Barcellona (Bernardo Gui) Marco Filippo Romano (Abbone da Fossanova) Roberto Frontali (Salvatore) Giorgio Berrugi (Remigio da Varagine) Owen Willetts (Malachia) Giovanni Sala (Severino da Sant’Emmerano) Carlo Vistoli (Berengario da Arundel/Adelmo da Otranto) Leonardo Cortellazzi (Venanzio/Giovanni Dalbena) Adrien Mathonat (Girolamo Vescovo di Caffa/Cuciniere)

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Sample Programmes

  • Helsinki Philharmonic (Feb 2025)

    Jean Sibelius: En saga, Op.9 Wolfgang Rihm: Sub-Kontur Wolfgang Rihm: Verwandlung Jean Sibelius: Tapiola, Op.112

  • Gewandhausorchester (Jan 2025)

    Max Reger: 4 Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin, Op.128 Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op.129 Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30

  • NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester (Nov 2024)

    Anton Bruckner: Mass No.1 in D minor, WAB 26 Arnold Schönberg: Die Jakobsleiter

  • Wiener Symphoniker (Oct 2024)

    Luigi Nono: Composizione per orchestra No. 1 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor, WAB 10

  • Oslo Philharmonic (Mar 2024)

    Richard Wagner: Parsifal Prelude to Act I Richard Wagner: Parsifal Good Friday Music Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E major, WAB 107

  • Mailand Scala Orchestra (Jan 2024)

    Luigi Nono: Como una ola de fuerza y luz Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, Op.4

  • WDR Sinfonieorchster (Jan 2024)

    Franz Schreker: Nachtstück from Der ferne Klang Arnold Schönberg: Erwartung for soprano and orchestra, Op.17 Alexander von Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau

  • Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra (Nov 2023)

    Klas Torstensson: City Imprints Max Reger: Piano Concerto in F minor, Op.114

  • SWR Symphonieorchester (Jul 2023)

    Olivier Messiaen: Éclairs sur l’Au-delà

  • Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester (Apr 2023)

    Anton Plate: Casino Max Reger: Piano Concerto in F minor, Op.114 John Adams: Harmonielehre

  • New Japan Philharmonic (Mar 2023)

    Anton Webern: Passacaglia, Op.1 Alban Berg: Violin Concerto Arnold Schönberg: Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5

  • Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Nov 2022)

    Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.2 in G major, Op.126 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.4 in E-flat major, WAB 104

  • Gewandhausorchester (Oct 2022)

    Galina Ustwolskaja: Symphonic Poem No.2 for orchestra Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Gesangsszene for baritone and orchestra Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, Op.43