Christian THIELEMANN is a German conductor. Since the 2024/2025 season, he has served as Music Director of the Berlin State Opera. Prior to that, he was Chief Conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle from 2012 to 2024, a tenure lasting twelve years. Early in his career, he held posts at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Gelsenkirchen, Karlsruhe, Hanover, and Düsseldorf, and in 1988 became General Music Director of the Nuremberg State Theatre. In 1997, he returned to Berlin as Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and from 2004 to 2011 served as Music Director of the Munich Philharmonic. In addition to his work in Dresden, he was Artistic Director of the Salzburg Easter Festival from 2013 to 2022, and has also served as musical advisor and conductor at the Bayreuth Festival. Thielemann maintains close collaborations with the Berlin Philharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic; he conducted the Vienna New Year's Concert in both 2019 and 2024, and has been regularly invited to lead the world's leading symphony orchestras and opera houses, with an artistic reach that spans the globe.