Corinna Niemeyer’s enthusiasm for conveying music in innovative ways is reflected in the breadth of her activities, which include period music ensembles, contemporary premieres, cross-disciplinary projects, opera, as well as mainstream symphonic projects. She has established a reputation for her ability to connect with audiences and for her creative approach to presenting concerts.

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Recent and future orchestral highlights include the Orchestre de Paris, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Kammerakademie Potsdam and Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León. Corinna has also had regular projects with Les Siècles and Ensemble Modern, and this season returns to Ensemble Intercontemporain.

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Corinna Niemeyer was appointed Music Director of the Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg in September 2020, a position she held for four seasons. During her tenure the orchestra established relationships with several artists of international renowned and new audiences were attracted through her innovative programmes, encompassing works from Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été with Ian Bostridge and Mysteries of the Macabre.

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Corinna is establishing her reputation as an opera conductor, making her debut this season with both English National Opera (Suor Angelica) and Detroit Opera (new production of Cosi fan tutte ). She will also conduct staged productions of George Benjamin’s Picture a day like this in both Luxembourg and at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl. Corinna conducted the UK premiere of this work at the Royal Opera house last season, which followed her acclaimed debut in Autumn 2022 with a new production of Rape of Lucretia, co-produced with Britten Pears Arts. Last season Corinna made her debut at Opéra de Lausanne (Massenet: Cendrillon) as well as returning to Theater St Gallen (Purcell:The Fairy Queen).

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Corinna made her debut at Opéra de Lille in 2022, conducting L'enfant et les sortilèges with Les Siècles . She has also conducted Le Nozze di Figaro at Cologne Opera, Le Comte Ory at Opéra de Metz, and in Luxembourg a double-bill featuring Viktor Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis and the world premiere of Eugene Birman En vertu de… about the European Human Rights Convention.

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Corinna completed her training as a conductor in Zurich, having previously studied orchestra conducting, cello and musicology at the conservatories of Munich, Karlsruhe, and Shanghai.

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She has won awards from a number of international conducting competitions, including Tokyo International Conducting Competition in 2015, and Talent Chef d'orchestre in Paris in 2014.​

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As Assistant conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic (2018-2020), she assisted Lahav Shani and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Over the years (2012-2021) she has also worked as an assistant to Ivan Fischer and Francois-Xavier Roth. This included major projects such as Berlioz’s Les Troyens on period instruments at the Festival Berlioz, and contemporary programmes for Musikfest Berlin.

 

During her studies, she was Artistic Director of the Orchestre Universitaire de Strasbourg, establishing the orchestra as one of the most active university orchestras in Europe. Corinna regularly conducts the children's orchestra (DEMOS) at the Philharmonie de Paris.

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