Corinna Niemeyer is known for her dynamic approach to music-making, bringing fresh perspective and innovation across all her activities; 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 engaging approach to presenting concerts.

 

Recent and upcoming orchestral highlights include the Orchestre de Paris, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, SWR Symphonieorchester, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Münchner Rundfunkorchester and Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León. Corinna has also collaborated regularly with Les Siècles (on period instruments) and Ensemble Modern.

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As an opera conductor, Corinna has established herself at international opera houses with outstanding productions. In the current season she makes her debut with Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg (new production of Le Nozze di Figaro) and at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples (revival of George Benjamin’s Picture a day like this) . She conducted the UK premiere of the latter at the Royal Opera house in 2023, which followed her acclaimed debut the previous year with a new production of The Rape of Lucretia, co-produced with Britten Pears Arts. Other recent debuts include Detroit Opera (new production of Cosi fan tutte ) and English National Opera (Suor Angelica). She has also led productions in Lausanne, St. Gallen, Lille and Cologne with repertoire spanning Purcell, Mozart, Massenet and Ravel.

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From 2020 to 2024, Corinna served as Music Director of the Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg. During her tenure, she forged new artistic partnerships with internationally renowned soloists and attracted new audiences through bold, imaginative programming; from Rameau, Haydn and Mozart to Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été and Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre.

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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. From 2016 to 2018, she served as a lecturer and principal conductor at Sorbonne University in Paris. For her cross-border cultural engagement, she was awarded the 2018 ‘Preis der deutsch-französischen Freundschaft’ by the German Consulate General in Strasbourg. Corinna regularly conducts the children's orchestra (DEMOS) at the Philharmonie de Paris.

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For the official biography please contact Askonas Holt.