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Karl-Heinz Steffens led the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in a landmark performance at the Berliner Philharmonie (21.09.2025), marking the first time the Swedish ensemble had played at the prestigious venue. The programme featured Bernstein’s ‘The Age of Anxiety‘ and the premiere of Blitzstein’s ‘Parabola and Circula‘, an opera in one act. Written in 1929, Blitzstein’s opera…Read more ›
Celebrated German conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens, Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, leads the ensemble in their debut release on Orchid Classics, featuring Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor. Released today, this recording captures the intensity and spiritual depth of Bruckner’s final, unfinished masterpiece. This is the second release this…Read more ›
After opening the new year with Sweden’s Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, German conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens is now in Denmark for his debut with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. Performing today and tomorrow at Musikhuset Aarhus, Steffens leads a programme of Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz, Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and piano and Mendelssohn: 3rd Symphony, “The…Read more ›
Between the 16th and 22nd August the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra will embark on their first international tour since 2018 with performances in Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany. NSO’s Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Karl-Heinz Steffens will lead the tour with fellow JBM artist Benjamin Grosvenor joining as soloist for performances in Norrköping and Amsterdam of Grieg’s Piano Concerto. The…Read more ›
After an impressive Southern-hemisphere debut with Auckland Philharmonia in May 2024, German Conductor, Karl-Heinz Steffens now returns to Auckland this November. Stepping in at short notice to conduct Auckland Philharmonia’s 2nd of May performance of Bach and Bruckner with French soloist, David Fray, Steffens received glowing reviews. The orchestra now welcome him back for their…Read more ›
This time last month, Karl-Heinz Steffens had just returned from his triumphant debut in New Zealand, after stepping in at short notice to conduct the Auckland Philharmonia in a programme of Bach and Bruckner. The performance on the 2nd of May at Auckland Town Hall opened with J.S. Bach’s Keyboard Concertos No.5, BWV 1056 &…Read more ›
Following on from last week’s great news of his contract extension as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, German Conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens will now make his Southern Hemisphere debut with the Auckland Philharmonia. Following an invitation to step in at short notice, Steffens will now lead the Auckland Philharmonia in their…Read more ›
We are delighted to announce that Karl-Heinz Steffens’ contract as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra has been extended until the end of June 2027. Steffens started his position in Norrköping in August 2020 in the middle of the pandemic giving them a ‘special start’. Steffens comments that they have since…Read more ›
Karl-Heinz Steffens conducts a run of ten performances of Don Giovanni at the Israeli Opera, opening this Sunday 19 March. The Kasper Holten production stars German E. Alcantara and Oded Reich as the eponymous nobleman. In July, Steffens returns to Israeli Opera for more Mozart, conducting a unique staged version of the Mozart Requiem created…Read more ›
This Friday and Saturday (9 & 10 December) with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Steffens picks up his clarinet for Copland’s Clarinet Concerto before he draws breath to conduct Mahler 5. Prior to his conducting career, Steffens was a highly respected solo clarinettist who also held several orchestral positions culminating in the successive posts of…Read more ›