GREGOR BÜHL
Conductor               

The Neue Presse wrote: “A horror for any conductor: all the singers and choir behind him, the orchestra in front of him and everything has to be coordinated to the hundredth of a second. For that you need an orchestral veteran like Gregor Bühl, who despite everything relied on uncompromisingly tight tempos and coordinated the orchestra brilliantly with the accompaniment of the singers.”

Alongside his operatic career, Bühl has conducted many leading orchestras, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Weimar, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, as well as major radio orchestras in Germany, Austria and Scandinavia. His concert repertoire encompasses the central Austro-German tradition as well as French, Scandinavian, Eastern European and twentieth-century music.

His discography reflects his particular interest in musical rediscovery, including recordings of works by Walter Braunfels and Miklós Rózsa. He has also collaborated extensively with clarinettist Sharon Kam, with recordings featuring the London Symphony Orchestra, MDR Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia Varsovia that have received major critical recognition, including the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis and an ECHO Klassik.

Bühl began his career as assistant to Gerd Albrecht at the Hamburg State Opera and was appointed Principal Conductor of the Staatstheater Hannover in 1995. He studied at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf with Wolfgang Trommer and received further training from conductors including Ferdinand Leitner, Gary Bertini and Gerd Albrecht. His distinctions include second prize at the Nikolai Malko Conducting Competition and the Berenberg Bank Culture Prize.

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Committed to the education of the next generation of conductors, Bühl was a professor at the Oslo Opera Academy and, since 2025, has been Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar.