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Since his debut at the Salzburger Festspiele in 2006, Wolfgang Lischke has attracted notice as one of the up-and-coming conductors of our generation.

Wolfgang Lischke was born in 1970 in Munich, Germany, where he also studied Piano and Trombone, and thereafter, Conducting. In 1988 he graduated with the German equivalent of a Masters Degree in Music, summa cum Laude.

After having fulfilled engagements in smaller Opera houses, Wolfgang Lischke was appointed by Roman Kofman to be 1st assistant Music Director at the opera house in Bonn. During his tenure in Bonn he took musical responsibility for virtually the entire repertoire in the theatre. Among Lischke's major projects in Bonn where he had complete musical responsibility are:

Benjamin Britten: „A Midsummer Night´s Dream“ (Staging: Silviu Purcarete), Christoph Willibald Gluck: „Orphée et Euridice” (Staging: Dietrich Hilsdorf), Charles Gounod: „Faust“ (Staging: Vera Nemirova), Moritz Eggert: „Freax“ (World-Premiere - Staging: Christoph Schlingensief), Gioacchino Rossini: „L’Italiana in Algeri“ (Staging: Andrea Schwalbach) and Jan Müller-Wieland „Die Irre“ (World Premiere - Staging: Werner Schröter).

A great deal of Mr. Lischke's interest and strength lies in the interpretation of contemporary music. Since 2003 he has been musical caretaker of the „Bonn Chance“ experimental opera series, co-sponsored by the Bonn Opera House and the Cultural Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany – where he conducted a number of performances in cooperation with the modern music ensemble „Musikfabrik“ (Music-Factory).

Peter Eötvös, whom Lischke assisted on more than one occasion, brought him together with Karlheinz Stockhausen, and as a result, Mr. Lischke also worked repeatedly with Stockhausen. Lischke received international acclaim for the World Premiere of Stockhausen's large work „Mixtur“ (the 2003 version), which Lischke conducted with the „DSO Berlin“ (German Symphony Orchestra of Berlin) at the Salzburger Festspiele in 2006.

Invitations to conduct have brought Lischke again to „DSO Berlin“ (German Symphony Orchestra of Berlin) and also on numerous occasions to „RFK“ (Radio Chamber Philharmonic) und „RFO“ (Radio Philharmonic of Orkest) in Hilversum. He also worked with orchestras such as the „RSO Wien“ (Radio Symphonic Orchestre of Vienna), „WSO Köln (West German Symphonic Orchestra of Cologne)“, „BOB Bonn“ (Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn), „Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal“ (The Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra), „Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock“ (The North German Philharmonic Orchestra of Rostock), „Münchner Symphoniker“ (The Munich Symphony Orchestra) and with ensembles such as the „Ensemble Intercontemporain“, „Ensemble Modern“, „Ensemble Musikfabrik“, „Ensemble Recherche“ and „Ensemble Plurale“.

As of 2009, Wolfgang Lischke is working free-lance throughout Europe, but he is maintaining contact to the Opera House in Bonn as a guest conductor.