Magdalena Klein
is a rising German conductor…
In recent engagements, she has worked with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Wernigerode, and Hofer Symphoniker. She was Assistant Conductor with Bochumer Symphoniker for several seasons, and conducting them in a broad range of concert formats. Her international engagements have brought her to Mexico and Egypt (as opening conductor for the She Arts festival orchestra – a festival promoting the role of female artists in Egypt).
In the season 2024/25 Magdalena will be giving her debut at the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Beethovenorchester Bonn (as part of the Beethovenfest 2024), and the Jenaer Philharmonie amongst others. She will also be returning to orchestras such as Göttinger Symphonie Orchester, and Neue Philharmonie Westfalen.
Magdalena has been fortunate to study under – and worked with – some of the great masters in conducting, including Riccardo Muti, Paavo Järvi, Thomas Hengelbrock, and Sir Roger Norrington.
In the same year Thomas Hengelbrock chose her for his Conductor’s Academy with the Balthasar-Neumann-Ensembles in Fontainebleau, France.
2021 she was a participant at the renowned Järvi Academy, an extensive Masterclass led by Paavo and Kristian Järvi.
As an Assistant Conductor Magdalena worked with a broad range of international conductors such as John Storgårds, Anja Bihlmaier, Kazuki Yamada, Olari Elts, Giedrė Šlekytė, Hans Graf, Joseph Bastian, Gabriel Bebeselea, Daniel Cohen, as well as Steven Sloane and Tung-Chieh Chuang.
Magdalena finished her Masters degree in Conducting at the International Conducting Academy at the University of the Arts Berlin under Prof. Steven Sloane and Prof. Harry Curtis. While Studying, the young conductor founded her own orchestra: orchestr.insîéme, which gave numerous successful concerts of symphonic repertoire from the classical and romantic period, as well as music by living composers. In 2019 she qualified as finalist in the conducting competition of German conservatories in Nürnberg.
She was the first conductor chosen by the Rudolf-Augstein foundation to be supported through “re:balance” – a mentorship program to promote equality in the arts.
One trait that sets Magdalena apart is her specialty and love of choral-symphonic repertoire, demonstrated in part through her second master’s degree in choral conducting. As the Artistic Director (2019-2023) of the Philharmonic Chorus of Bochum, her performance of Brahms’ “German Requiem” was hailed by the local press as “so beautiful sounding, that it would be hard to beat”. This aptitude with the voice stems from years of experience working with voices, including at organizations such as Chorwerk Ruhr and both the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and San Francisco Opera.
