Philippe Bach leaves Meiningen
The Swiss conductor Philippe Bach is not extending his contract as General Music Director of the Meiningen State Theater beyond next year. He wants to take on new artistic challenges in Switzerland.
The orchestra of the over 300-year-old Meiningen Theater has been called the Meininger Hofkapelle again since 2006. The name is a reminder of the ensemble's great tradition at the end of the 19th century. Philippe Bach has been General Music Director (GMD) of the orchestra since the end of 2010.
Philippe Bach was born in Saanen, Switzerland, in 1974. He studied horn at the Musikhochschule Bern and the Conservatoire de Genève and then conducting at the Musikhochschule Zürich and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. From 2006 to 2008 he was Assistant Conductor at the Teatro Real in Madrid and assistant to Jesús López Cobos. From 2008 to 2010 he was principal conductor and deputy GMD at Theater Lübeck.
Bach has been chief conductor of the Bern Chamber Orchestra since 2012 and has also been chief conductor of the Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden since 2016.
