Gunter Berger studied school music and orchestral conducting, but has devoted himself primarily to choral music since 1990. From 1990 to 2011, he led the MDR Children's Choir to European fame, and from summer 2012 he took over the direction of the Dresden Philharmonic Choir for ten years. Since 2022, he has concentrated on conducting the Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir and the Bürgerchor am Kulti as well as on his numerous teaching activities, workshops and program ideas, with which he enriches the choral scene.

Antoni Staniec is a tenor and is studying at the Berlin University of the Arts. Born in Kraków, he grew up in Częstochowa and Schwedt/Oder, where he received his initial musical training at the J. A. P. Schulz Music School before embarking on a course in arts education in Berlin.

Nicolas Köhler, who has been passionate about dance from a young age, trained in jazz, ballet and contemporary dance at the DanceEmotion Academy in Freiburg im Breisgau until he left school. As a member of the jazz company Release, he took part in several world championships, winning the titles of World Champion and Runner-up. At the age of 15, he also received the special “Dancer of the Year” award from the Dance World Cup and was invited to the prestigious Australian Showcase Dance Championships, which he successfully completed. 

The Chinese soprano Xiang Li, born in 2000, is currently studying for a Master’s degree in Concert Performance and attending the Opera Masterclass at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden under Prof. Yamina Maamar, as well as the Lied class taught by KS Prof. Olaf Bär. She previously successfully completed her Bachelor’s degree at the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music in China.

Actor, choreographer, and director Alexander Hauer was a member of the Theater Bremen ensemble from 2000 to 2004. Since 2004, he has been working as a freelancer, developing music, dance, and theater projects that uniquely combine movement, sound, and community. In 2011, he founded the non-profit cultural institution OpusEinhundert, where he has been Artistic Director ever since, staging inclusive productions with up to 150 performers of different ages.

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.