LARS MLEKUSCH
"Lars Mlekusch has the rare gift of being able to convey his competent interpretative thinking through a gesture of beautiful, flowing naturalness. A gesture that he has been able to develop over time into an effective conducting technique of refined elegance, always aimed at creating the conditions for even the most difficult technical complexities of a score to become an accomplished aesthetic phenomenon."
Emilio Pomàrico, composer & conductor
Lars Mlekusch is a versatile conductor with a wide repertoire. He is especially renowned for his expertise and deep passion for contemporary music leading to electrifying performances. His close collaborations with 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.
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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"A bit of Fluxus and irony as well as plenty of electronic explosive charges with the ensemble PHACE. (…) It was a magnificent evening with the ensemble PHACE under the rousing and precise direction of Lars Mlekusch."
Walter Weidringer, Die Presse (PHACE bei Wien Modern)
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2025
May 29 2025
Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
Class Concert / Podium
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June 6 2025
Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
Final MA Projects / Recitals saxophone students ​
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July 21-26 2025
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
National Performing Arts Center Weiwuying
MIT
conducting
August 17-23 2025
Arosa, Switzerland
Arosa Music Academy
masterclass, conducting
September 16 2025
Innsbruck, Austria
Klangspuren Festival
Ensemble Chromoson
conducting
September 18 2025
Bolzano, Italy
Transart Festival
Ensemble Chromoson
conducting
September 29 2025
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo College of Music
chamber orchestra
Works by Schönberg, Ligeti, Filidei
conducting
October 31- Nov 4 2025
Bressanone, Italy
Alpen Saxfest
masterclass, conducting
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December 13 2025
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Le Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain
conducting
RECENT PERFORMANCES:
23/24
Festival Wien Modern Vienna, Austria
Festival Musikprotokoll Graz, Austria
Festival Klangspuren Innsbruck, Austria
National Concert Hall Taipei, Taiwan
Filarmonica Trento, Italy
Aspekte Salzburg Festival, Austria
Collegium Novum Zürich, Switzerland
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Germany
Ensemble Arc-en-Ciel, Switzerland
Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain, Switzerland
Festival Klangspuren, Austria
22/23
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovakia
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Germany
Aspekte Salzburg Festival, Austria
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«Under the extraordinarily precise direction of Lars Mlekusch with a rhythmically quite tricky program.»
Rainer Elstner, Radio Ö1 /Austrian Radio (PHACE, Wiener Konzerthaus)
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