Karl-Heinz Steffens

Karl-Heinz Steffens is a German clarinetist and conductor, born in 1961 in Trier (Germany).

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Karl-Heinz Steffens, conductor". The Israeli Opera Tel-Aviv-Yafo. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  2. "Cultural ambassador of Rhineland-Palatinate in the world". Columbia Artists Management Inc. Retrieved 2009-08-06.