The multi-award-winning conductor Andrew Manze not only brings boundless energy, deep musicality and warmth to the stage, but also extensive academic knowledge and years of experience as a violinist and specialist in historical performance practice. Until the summer of 2023, the likeable Briton was chief conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hanover for nine years and has been principal guest conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra since 2018.

Mezzo-soprano Stefanie Irányi grew up in Chiemgau in Bavaria and made a successful debut at the opera house in Turin during her studies in Munich. Since then, engagement after engagement has followed at leading European opera houses and concert stages, where she can be heard today as Wagner's Brangäne, Fricka and Sieglinde, in Mahler's 2nd and 3rd symphonies, in Verdi's Requiem and in many a world premiere. German art song is also firmly anchored in her repertoire.

Christof Fischesser grew up in a musical family, received instrumental lessons from an early age and was a member of several choirs and ensembles. He studied singing with Professor Martin Gründler at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main and won first prize at the German National Singing Competition in Berlin in 2000.

The Slovak Philharmonic Choir is a prominent representative of the Slovak cultural scene. It entered musical life in 1946 as the Bratislava Radio Mixed Choir, led by its founder Ladislav Slovák.

Top class!
That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.