Guest conductor

Johannes Skudlik – Guest conductor

Born in Munich and raised in Barcelona, attended the Munich University of Music studying liturgical music and concert organ with Gerhard Weinberger and Franz Lehrndorfer as well as conducting in private sessions with Eugen Jochum and Claudio Abbado.

As an organist, Johannes Skudlik performed concerts in almost every country in Europa, USA and Asia: Tokia, Boston (Harvard University) as well as the Philharmonic Halls of Munich, Berlin, Cologne, Essen, Gdansk, Hong Kong, St. Petersburg, Konzerthaus Dortmund and Tonhalle Zürich, furthermore in the cathedrales of Munich, Cologne, Trier, London Westminster, Sevilla, Salamanca, Paris Notre-Dame and St. Bartholomew‘s. Several times he has been invited to the festivals of Verona, Zurich and Copenhagen and Palermo.

As conductor and soloist he works together with the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Orchestra Symphony Prague, Ural Symphony Orchestra and the Münchener Bach-Chor.

As a pianist and harpsichordist he regularly appears on stage with members of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerische Rundfunks.

More than 30 recordings of harpsichord, organ or chamber music are available on the label ambitus. In 1989 Verdi’s Requiem and Mendelssohn’s Elijah were recorded with the Landsberg Oratorio Choir and members of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Johannes Skudlik has recorded radio productions in cooperation with the networks RIAS Berlin, WGBH Radio Boston, RAI tre, Polish Television and the Bayerische Rundfunk.

Johannes Skudlik is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Euro-Via Festial, which presents concerts along the ancient Roman routes across Europe as well as the Landsberger Konzerte and the Bayerische Orgelsommer.