Sebastian Weigle
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra - Wozzeck
Weigle, YNSO Give Compelling Performance of 'Wozzeck' Opera in Tokyo Weigle, the principal conductor of the YNSO, integrated all the scenes with finesse. The waltzing part in Act II was refreshingly mellow, while the long B sustained by the full orchestra after Wozzeck's death was intense and eerily evocative. He created musical imagery with the depth and nuance of orchestral sound.
Japan News (February 23, 2025)Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Weber-Wienawski-Schubert
Weigle may cut an authoritarian figure on the podium, but his approach is disciplined, affectionate, and elegant in texture.
Colinscolumn (March 22, 2025)Season 25/26 and Highlights
BERLIN BROADCASTING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Goldmark – Concert Overture "In Spring"
Byström – Screen Memories, Trumpet Concerto No. 2
Beethoven – Symphony No. 2
Sep 28
HUNGARIAN NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2
Liszt – Faust Symphony
Oct 3
YOMIURI NIPPON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Mosolov - Orchestral Episode "Iron Foundry"
Mosolov – Harp Concerto
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
Oct 12/14
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YOMIURI NIPPON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Glinka – Kamarinskaya
Khachaturian – Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15
Oct 21
OPER FRANKFURT
Stephan – The first humans
Nov 16/28, Dec 3/12
YOMIURI NIPPON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Brahms – Tragic Overture
Brahms – Double Concerto
Brahms – Symphony No. 3
Jan 14
YOMIURI NIPPON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Pfitzner – Von deutscher Seele
Jan 20
YOMIURI NIPPON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Mayer – Faust Overture
Schumann – Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"
January 24/25
BAVARIAN STATE OPERA
Wagner – Parsifal
Apr 5/8/11
GRAZ PHILHARMONIC
Weber – Symphony No. 1
R. Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel’s Funny Pranks
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7
Apr 20/21
VIENNA STATE OPERA
R. Strauss – Salome
May 1/4/6/10
BAVARIAN STATE ORCHESTRA
ACADEMY CONCERTS
Mussorgsky- A Night on Bald Mountain
Arutjunjan- Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 Organ Symphony
May 18/19
DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Korngold – Straussiana
Korngold – Violin Concerto
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7
May 29/30
FRANKFURT MUSEUMSORCHESTER
Beethoven – Violin Concerto
Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2
June 7/8
BRANDENBURG STATE ORCHESTRA FRANKFURT
Firsova – Bergen's Bonfire
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3
Rimsky-Korsakov – Symphony No. 3
June 12/13
STUTTGART PHILHARMONIC
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
Mozart – Piano Concerto in D Major, K. 451
Schumann – Symphony No. 1 " Spring "
June 19
Biography
Since the 2019 season, Sebastian Weigle he has served as Chief Conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, where he has made a significant impact with concert performances of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck and a highly acclaimed European tour featuring works by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven. Most recently, he made his debut with both the Berlin Philharmonic and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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In the 2025/26 season, further concert invitations will take him to the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Hungarian National Philharmonic, the Graz Philharmonic, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, and the Frankfurt Museum Concerts. He will also make debut appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
He returns to the Bavarian State Opera after the highly acclaimed new production of Strauss's Die Liebe der Danae and will take over the musical direction of Parsifal in spring 2026, as well as concert engagements with the Bavarian State Orchestra. Other major opera engagements take him to the Vienna State Opera with Salome .
Weigle's career has taken him to numerous renowned houses, including the state operas in Berlin, Munich, Dresden, Hamburg, and Vienna, as well as to Zurich, Tokyo, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. As a concert Conductor, he has worked with leading orchestras such as the radio orchestras in Berlin, Munich, Vienna, and Stuttgart, the Vienna and Bamberg Symphony Orchestras, the major Scandinavian orchestras, and internationally in Tokyo, Chicago, and Melbourne.
xFrom 2008 to 2023, Sebastian Weigle served as General Music Director of Oper Frankfurt. From 2004 to 2009, he was also Chief Conductor at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. He made his Bayreuth Festival debut in 2007 with a new production of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, receiving critical acclaim.
He is featured on numerous CD and DVD recordings, including works by Beethoven, Mozart, and Rott, as well as the acclaimed Ring des Nibelungen from Frankfurt (directed by Vera Nemirova), released in 2012 by OehmsClassics.
Born in Berlin, Sebastian Weigle studied horn, piano, and conducting at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music. In 1982, he was appointed Principal Horn of the Staatskapelle Berlin. In 1987, he founded the Berlin Chamber Choir and took on the artistic direction of Neues Berliner Kammerorchester. In 1993, he became Chief Conductor of the Junge Philharmonie Brandenburg, and from 1997 to 2002, he served as Staatskapellmeister at the Berlin State Opera.
2025/26
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