Philippe Bach is Generalmusikdirektor at Das Meininger Theater, and chief conductor of the Berner Kammerorchester and the Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden (Switzerland). A regular guest with Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and Szczecin Philharmonic, he has conducted many European orchestras, including the Bern Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Philippe Bach studied horn at the Musikhochschule Bern and the Conservatoire de Genève, as well as orchestral conducting at the Musikhochschule Zürich with Johannes Schlaefli. In 2005 he was the recipient of a fellowship from the prestigious American Academy of Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival. From 2004 until 2006 he was junior fellow in conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and in 2006 he won the Jesús López-Cobos Conducting Competition.
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