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LARS MLEKUSCH

Lars Mlekusch is a versatile conductor, renowned for his expertise and deep passion for contemporary music. His close collaborations with both established and rising 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 and electrifying performances
He regularly partners with 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, 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, and Performing Arts Center Weiwuying Kaohsiung.

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NEWS

LARS

Listen here to the Austrian Radio Station OE1 broadcast of the concert from October 5 Musikprotokoll Graz / Steirischer Herbst:
https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20250121/782519/Freiheit-zwischen-KI-und-Luftballons


2025 CONDUCTING & MASTERCLASSES 

Royal Conservatories of Brussels and Antwerp Feb 2025:
Conducting, masterclass

Arosa Classic Festival Mar 2025
coaching, masterclass

Dresden Semperoper, zürich saxophone collective Apr 2025
conducting

Zaragoza University of Music Spain Apr 2025

masterclass

Granada University of Music Spain May 2025
masterclass

Kaohsiung Performing Arts Center Big Hall Aug 2025
conducting, masterclass 


Arosa Music Academy Aug 2025
masterclass, conducting 


Klangspuren Festival Ensemble Chromoson Sep 2025
conducting 


Transart Festival Bolzano Italy Oct 2025
conducting 


Tokyo College of Music Oct 2025
conducting, masterclass

Alpen Saxfest Italy Nov 2025
masterclass, conducting 

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Le Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain Dec 2025
Conducting 
 

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RECENT PERFORMANCES: 
Festival Wien Modern Vienna Nov 2024
Festival Musikprotokoll 
Graz Oct 2024

Festival Klangspuren Sep 2024
National Concert Hall Taipei MIT Aug 2024
Filarmonica Trento Italy Jul 2024
Aspekte Salzburg PHACE Mar 2024

Collegium Novum Zürich Apr  2024
Zurich Saxfest 2024 Apr 2024 
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Feb 2024
Ensemble Arc-en-Ciel, Jan 19 2024
Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain Sep 23 2023

Festival Klangspuren Schwaz Sep 20 2023

see past performances 

 

Visiting Professor Eastman School of Music Oct-Dec 2024

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Lars Mlekusch has been passionate about teaching and exchanging ideas with the next generation since the beginning of his career as a professional musician.

He is a professor at the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK 


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