Karl-Heinz Steffens

Karl-Heinz Steffens is a German clarinetist and conductor.

Steffens studied clarinet at the Stuttgart Academy of Music under Ulf Rodenhäuser.[1] He has played with the State Theatre in Kassel, the Frankfurt Opera and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.[1] He was the solo clarinetist with the Berlin Philharmonic from 2001 to 2007.[1] He taught at the Hannover Academy of Music and Theatre from 1996 to 1999.[1] He became Professor of Clarinet at the Academy of Music Hanns Eisler Berlin in 2003.[1] He is the conductor and music director of the German Philharmonic Orchestra Rhineland-Palatinate.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Karl-Heinz Steffens, conductor". The Israeli Opera Tel-Aviv-Yafo. http://www.israel-opera.co.il/Eng/?CategoryID=263&ArticleID=374. Retrieved 2009-08-06. 
  2. ^ "Cultural ambassador of Rhineland-Palatinate in the world". Columbia Artists Management Inc. http://www.cami.com/worddocs/worddocs2008/German%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra%20Rhineland-Palatinate%20Brochure.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-06. 

I attended a concert tonight (Sept. 23, 2009) inside Neuschwanstein castle, and Steffens was the conductor for the Staatskapelle Halle.