JOHANNES LÖHNER balances tradition with innovation, building his unique career as a classical performer and creative artist on international stages. He has served as Resident Conductor at Opera San José, Music Director of the Kammerorchester Regensburg, Adjunct Professor at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, and Artistic Director & CEO of the International Salon Project. Löhner has gathered experience with renowned institutions across the world, including the Orchestre de Paris, London Philharmonic, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio-Symphony, DSO Berlin, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, NDR Elbphilharmonie, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Hamburg Symphony, Sarasota Opera, Armenian State Symphony, Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and Nürnberger Symphoniker. His greatest mentors were Riccardo Muti and Sir Roger Norrington. German-American dual citizen with significant Latino heritage, Johannes Löhner speaks six languages and travels over 20 weeks a year. This season sees the release of his Pater Noster, completion of two full-length opera commissions (Romeo & Juliet to original text by Shakespeare, and Still Alice to the bestselling novel by Lisa Genova, in cooperation with librettist Crystal Manich), publication of the poetry collection A Harvest of Words, international tour of his album Solo: Winterreise, and a mainstage debut at Opera San José with La Traviata.
PRESS
“From the moment he came on stage, one could read from his radiant face and glowing eyes, that his work is not just a profession, but a calling. Rather than stoically “painting” his quarter notes, he led the orchestra with expressive, boundless physicality and deeply inspired passion through the pinnacles of musical repertoire, upon which he simultaneously imparted his own distinctive fingerprint – and all this completely from memory, without a score! The musicians allowed themselves to be swept away by their young, dynamic Maestro, and precisely followed each of his movements.”
– Marion Wittenzellner (Neue Passauer Presse)
“He conducts in a highly original, unconventional fashion – economically, without exaggeration.”
– Adam Rozlach (Polish Radio 1/TVP Kultura)
“Löhner has all this effective symphonic writing firmly in the palm of his hand, and finds expression within a historically informed framework…Löhner knows the score perfectly, by heart. The public was certainly thrilled with [his] temperament and concise leadership…as well as the boundless commitment he elicited from his musicians.”
– Uwe Mitsching (Nürnberger Nachrichten)
MUSICIANS
“Molto bravo…you have great talent. Stand up straight, and you will go very far.”
– Riccardo Muti
“Johannes Löhner is a very interesting and talented young conductor. His conducting looks easy and directive, with an assurance born of considerable understanding.”
– Sir Roger Norrington
“A very gifted musician…his open mind will be an inspiring source for every orchestra, singer and musician.”
– Guido Johannes Rumstadt