Roland Kluttig
Roland Kluttig studied conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden and held scholarships from the Dirigentenforum (Conductors’ Forum) of the German Music Council, the Akademie Schloss Solitude and the Herbert von Karajan Foundation. His work with conductors such as Péter Eötvös and John Eliot Gardiner has had a seminal influence on him. He began his career as the musical director of the KNM Berlin. During this time, he was a guest at almost all the important festivals in Europe not only with this ensemble, but also with Klangforum Wien, the London Sinfonietta, ASKO Amsterdam, and the Collegium Novum Zürich. He has been the principal conductor of the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra and Graz Opera since the 2020/2021 season, having previously been held the post of general music director in Coburg. A central part of his conducting activities is also his long-term collaboration with Staatsoper Stuttgart. He has worked at a number of other opera houses in the past years, including Oper Frankfurt, Staatsoper Hamburg, Oper Leipzig, Opéra National du Rhin, Opéra de Nice, etc. Kluttig is a regular guest conductor with orchestras such as the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the radio orchestras in Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Leipzig, the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, and the Seoul Philharmonic. His discography includes the first live recording of Schoenberg’s Moses and Aaron with Staatsoper Stuttgart, and works by Ervin Schulhoff with the Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin and bySilvestre Revueltas with the ensemble KNM Berlin.
