Wiegand becomes Artistic Director of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Florian Wiegand, Concert Director of the Salzburg Festival and lecturer in the Executive Master in Arts Administration program at the University of Zurich, will become Artistic Director of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra from 2025.
The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra is a publicly funded symphony orchestra of the state capital of Munich. It was under the direction of Valery Gergiev between 2015 and 2022. Lahav Shani will become chief conductor from 2026. The current artistic director is still Paul Müller, who was previously artistic director of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
From 2001, Wiegand worked for the then new Konzerthaus Dortmund, where he founded a choir academy, set up the marketing department and helped develop sponsorship and fundraising projects. From 2005, he took over the management of the artistic operations office and concert planning. He is a jury member of the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award of the Salzburg Festival and has been a regular lecturer in the Executive Master in Arts Administration program at the University of Zurich since 2019.
