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LARS MLEKUSCH

"Lars Mlekusch has the rare gift of being able to convey his competent interpretative thinking through a gesture of beautiful, flowing naturalness. A gesture that he has been able to develop over time into an effective conducting technique of refined elegance, always aimed at creating the conditions for even the most difficult technical complexities of a score to become an accomplished aesthetic phenomenon." 

Emilio Pomàrico, composer & conductor 

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Internationally recognized as a conductor, educator, saxophonist and curator, Lars Mlekusch is known for his thoughtful artistry and a special dedication to twentieth century and contemporary music, which leads to vibrant performances. His close collaborations with composers such as Agata Zubel, Aureliano Cattaneo, Johanne Maria Staud, Laura Bowler, Sarah Nemtsov, Pierluigi Billone, Klaus Lang, Bernhard Lang, and Wolfgang Mitterer—have resulted in numerous world premieres. 
He is a sought-after partner of some of the world’s leading ensembles, including Klangforum Wien, PHACE, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Georgisches Kammerorchester, OENM, Collegium Novum Zürich, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Soloists of the Tonhalle Orchestra, to name just a few.
His performances have taken him to prestigious festivals and renowned concert halls worldwide, such as Wien Modern, Klangspuren Festival, Transart Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Elbphilharmonie Sommer, Salzburg Aspekte, Melos-Ethos in Bratislava, Musikverein Wien, Konzerthaus Wien, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Casa da Música Porto, National Concert Hall Taipei or Performing Arts Center Weiwuying Kaohsiung.​
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"Etwas Fluxus und Ironie sowie viel elektronische Sprengladungen mit dem Ensemble Phace. (…) Es war ein großartiger Abend mit dem Ensemble Phace unter Leitung des anfeuernd-präzisen Lars Mlekusch"
"A bit of Fluxus and irony as well as plenty of electronic explosive charges with the ensemble PHACE. (…) It was a magnificent evening with the ensemble PHACE under the rousing and precise direction of Lars Mlekusch."

Walter Weidringer, Die Presse (PHACE bei Wien Modern)
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SCHEDULE

October 31- Nov 4 2025
Bressanone, Italy 

Alpen Saxfest
masterclass, conducting 

 

December 13 2025
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 

Musée des beaux-arts
Tzortzis: New work 
world premiere 
Le Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain 
Lars Mlekusch, conductor   

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RECENT PERFORMANCES

Festival Wien Modern Vienna, Austria 
Festival Musikprotokoll 
Graz, Austria

Festival Klangspuren Innsbruck, Austria
National Concert Hall Taipei, Taiwan
Filarmonica Trento, Italy 
Aspekte Salzburg Festival, Austria 
Collegium Novum Zürich, Switzerland 
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Germany 
Ensemble Arc-en-Ciel, Switzerland 
Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain, Switzerland 

Festival Klangspuren, Austria 

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovakia

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Germany

Aspekte Salzburg Festival, Austria

Radiokulturhaus Wien, Austria

Wiener Konzerthaus, Austria
 

see past performances 

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July 21-26 2025
Kaohsiung
National Performing Arts Center Weiwuying, Taiwan


Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, Kilar, ...

MIT Festival 

Lars Mlekusch, conductor 



August 17-23 2025
Arosa, Switzerland 

Arosa Music Academy 


masterclass, conducting 

 

September 16 2025

Bolzano, Italy

Transart Festival

Fabio Machiavelli Aluminium Bridges 

Katarina Gryvul Solastalgia 

Alexander Schubert POINT ONES

Kelley Sheehan Brainzaps 

Hannes Hölzl neues Werk 

Tine Surel Lange Arctic Creatures Repparfjord 

Hannes Kerschbaumer neues Werk
Ensemble Chromoson

Lars Mlekusch, conductor

 

September 18 2025 
Innsbruck, Austria

Klangspuren Festival 

Program as on September 16 


 

September 29 2025

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo College of Music


Arnold Schönberg: Kammersymphonie op. 9

György Ligeti: Kammerkonzert 

Francesco Filidei: Ballata #2

Lars Mlekusch, conductor 

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«Unter der ungemein präzisen Leitung von Lars Mlekusch mit einem rhythmisch ziemlich vertrackten Programm»
«â€‹Under the extraordinarily precise direction of Lars Mlekusch with a rhythmically quite tricky program.»
Rainer Elstner, Radio Ö1 /Austrian Radio (PHACE, Wiener Konzerthaus)
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