Robert Reimer
Robert Reimer is one of the most versatile conductors of his generation with a repertoire from opera to ballet, from baroque to modern and from traditional symphony to cross-over concerts.
He is a regular guest at the large opera houses such as Bayerische Staatsoper, Berliner Staatsoper »Unter den Linden«, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Stuttgarter Staatsoper, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Gran Teatre Liceu Barcelona, Finnish National Opera, Royal Opera Copenhagen and Copenhagen Opera Festival or Hong Kong Ballet. His opera repertoire ranges from Mozart, Weber, Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and Strauss to Janácek, Berg, Poulenc and Ligeti. As a ballet conductor, he has led productions such as »The Nutcracker«, »Swan Lake«, »The Sleeping Beauty«, »La Bayadère«, »Peer Gynt«, »Don Quixote« and »Jewels«. Since 2013, he has been seen and heard regularly in European CD / DVD / radio and TV productions.
As a concert conductor, Robert Reimer has been invited by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Royal Chapel Copenhagen, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, HR-Sinfonieorchester, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Basel Sinfonietta and Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava. Furthermore, he conducted several times the first night at the Classic Open Air on the Gendarmenmarkt with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra.
In 2018 he conducted the world premiere of Frédéric Ledroit’s »St. John Passion« in Ludwigshafen with the European Chamber Choir, the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and international soloists, a production that is also available on CD. In 2019 he conducted a concert version of Wagner’s »Tristan und Isolde« with the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava. A live recording of this has been released on CD by Navona Records. He has been artistic director of the Anton Bruckner Festival in Berlin since 2022.
In the cross-over area he worked with stars such as Chris de Burgh, Ute Lemper, Till Brönner, Joja Wendt or Peter Maffay and has been a regular guest conductor with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg since 2013.
Robert Reimer made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in the 2020/21 season conducting the ballet production »Tänze Bilder Sinfonien«, followed by »Onegin«, »Swan Lake« and »Don Quixote«.