{"id":34051,"date":"2025-01-20T10:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T10:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/karl-heinz_steffens\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T08:39:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:39:52","slug":"karl-heinz_steffens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/en\/karl-heinz_steffens\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl-Heinz_Steffens"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"34051\" class=\"elementor elementor-34051 elementor-34037\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec93ace elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec93ace\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80f45ab\" data-id=\"80f45ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24f6549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24f6549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Karl-Heinz Steffens<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b74a802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b74a802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Music Director of Prague State Opera and newly appointed Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor at the Norrk\u00f6ping Symphony Orchestra, German conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens is recognized as a conductor of great distinction in both the operatic and symphonic worlds. As a sought-after guest conductor, he has worked with major orchestras, including the Bavarian Radio Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Zurich Tonhalle and the Israel Philharmonic, the Radio Symphony Orchestras of Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig and Stuttgart. Last season he continued his relationship with the Philharmonia in London following his Brahms cycle with them and returned to the Orchestre National de Lyon and the Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg. During his time as Music Director of the Rheinland-Pfalz Philharmonic, the orchestra received the ECHO award for Best Orchestra in 2015 for their recording of works by B.A. Zimmermann and in 2016-17 they were nominated prizewinners of the Best Concert Program of the Season by the German Music Publishers\u2019 Association. Their recording of works by George Antheil was designated Concert Recording of the Year by the Opus Klassik awards. In the opera house, he has appeared several times at the Teatro alla Scala and is regularly invited to the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden. While Music Director of the Norwegian National Opera, he led the Norwegian premiere of Debussy\u2019s Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande, amonng others. Prior to his conducting career, he was a highly respected solo clarinetist who also held several orchestral positions culminating in the successive posts of Principal Clarinet with the Bavarian Radio and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras. Karl-Heinz Steffens has recently been awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz in Germany for his services to music.     <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dda2d49\" data-id=\"dda2d49\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dbc10c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0dbc10c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karl-Heinz-Steffens-750X1000.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34030\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karl-Heinz-Steffens-750X1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karl-Heinz-Steffens-750X1000-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-901650d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"901650d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Photo - Susanne Diesner<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl-Heinz Steffens Music Director of Prague State Opera and newly appointed Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor at the Norrk\u00f6ping Symphony Orchestra, German conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens is recognized as a conductor of great distinction in both the operatic and symphonic worlds. 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