Engeli conducts Saxony's state youth orchestra
The Swiss conductor Tobias Engeli is taking over as conductor of the Landesjugendorchester Sachsen (LJO). He succeeds Milko Kersten in the position in fall 2021. The contract will initially run for two years, with the option to extend.
After studying the cello in Winterthur and Hamburg, Engeli trained as a conductor at the Hamburg University of Music. He is now Kapellmeister at the Leipzig Opera and regularly conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Musikalische Komödie.
The Saxony State Youth Orchestra has been the place to go for ambitious young orchestral talents from Saxony since 1992. In two rehearsal phases a year, the orchestra alternates with the artistic director and constantly changing guest conductors to rehearse programs at a professional level, covering all stylistic areas.
The individual vocal groups work together with teachers from renowned Saxon orchestras such as the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig and the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra Chemnitz.
