Gabriel Feltz
direction musicale
Gabriel Feltz is chief conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra as of the 2017/2018 concert season. Since 2013, Feltz has been working concurrently as general music director of the Dortmund Opera and chief conductor of the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra and after three very successful years his contract has been renewed through 2023. In addition to the Philharmonic Orchestra Altenburg-Gera (2001-2005) and the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra (2004–2013), this is his third consecutive position as chief conductor of a German orchestra. By introducing some unusual programs and achieving a significant improvement in artistic quality with all these orchestras, he has managed to boost their concert attendance greatly. In 2007, the Sergei Rachmaninoff Foundation awarded Gabriel Feltz and the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra the Prix Rachmaninoff for their interpretation of the concert cycle of Rachmaninoff's music. In addition, Feltz was principal guest conductor at the Basel Theater (2008-2013), where he completed several opera productions, which resulted in the Basel