With two concerts at the Ruhrtriennale, Titus Engel made his first appearances as the new Principal Conductor of the Basel Sinfonietta with compositions by Sofia Gubaidulina, Michael Wertmüller and Simon Steen-Andersen. The programme, which the orchestra performed together with the NDR Big Band and the Chorwerk Ruhr, can be heard in Saint-Louis near Basel on 1 October.
Titus Engel will conduct Hans Werner Henze's oratorio Das Floß der Medusa from 16 September in a production of the Komische Oper Berlin staged by Tobias Kratzer in Hangar 1 of the former Tempelhof Airport.
Congratulations to Titus Engel on his appointment as the new Principal Conductor of the Basel Sinfonietta!
Outrage is not enough: Titus Engel talks to the FAZ about conducting Bartók's only opera and about cultural politics in Corona times.
We congratulate Titus Engel on being named Conductor of the Year 2020 by Opernwelt magazine!
