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14 Facts About Christian Thielemann

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Christian Thielemann was born on 1 April 1959 and is a German conductor.

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Christian Thielemann is currently chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden.

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Christian Thielemann was artistic director of the Salzburg Easter Festival from 2013 to 2022, and a regular conductor at the Bayreuth Festival.

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Christian Thielemann makes regular guest appearances with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

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In 2020, Christian Thielemann was appointed honorary professor at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden.

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Christian Thielemann worked at a number of smaller German theatres including the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, in Karlsruhe, Hanover, at Dusseldorf's Deutsche Oper am Rhein as First Kapellmeister and in Nurnberg as Generalmusikdirektor before returning to the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1991 to conduct Wagner's Lohengrin.

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Christian Thielemann remained with the company until 2004, when he resigned over conflicts regarding Berlin city funding between the Deutsche Oper and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

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Christian Thielemann became principal conductor and music director of the Munich Philharmonic in September 2004.

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Christian Thielemann stepped down from his Munich post in 2011, after disputes with orchestra management over final approval of selection of guest conductors and programs for the orchestra.

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In May 2021, Barbara Klepsch, the Culture Minister of Saxony, announced that Christian Thielemann is to conclude his tenure with the Staatskapelle Dresden at the close of his current contract, at the end of July 2024.

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Christian Thielemann is a regular conductor at the Bayreuth Festival, following his debut in 2000 with Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and at the Salzburg Festival.

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12.

Christian Thielemann attracted controversy after attribution of anti-semitic remarks to him in 2000, regarding Daniel Barenboim, which Christian Thielemann subsequently denied.

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In 2003, Christian Thielemann was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .

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14.

Christian Thielemann served in the Humanitas Programme as Visiting Professor in Opera Studies at Oxford University in January 2016.

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