Michael Güttler

The Dresden-born conductor gained international attention with his sensational substitutions at short notice of Valery Gergiev in the “Ring of the Nibelung” (Wagner) and “Parsifal” at the MARIINSKY THEATRE St.Petersburg and “Lohengrin” at the BASTILLE. After his studies of violin, trumpet, piano and choir conducting and his studies at the Music University “Carl Maria von Weber” (orchestra conducting), as well as numerous master classes (e.g. with Leonard Bernstein, Sergiu Celibidache, Miltiades Caridis, Ilya Musin, Valery Gergiev) he was accepted for the FÖRDERPROGRAMM DIRIGENTENFORUM DES DEUTSCHEN MUSIKRATES (a promotion program for young conductors). At the beginning of his international activities he won numerous conductor contests (Wettbewerb der Europäischen Gemeinschaft “Franco Capua