Wolfgang Dörner

Austrian conductor Wolfgang Dörner was born and raised in Vienna, and he pursued music studies at the Vienna Academy of Music and Performing Arts, studying with Charles Mackerras, Rolf Reuter, and Franco Ferrara. A win at the 1984 International Competition of Young Conductors launched his international career, and between 1985 and 2013 he conducted many orchestras, including the Orchestre National de France, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bucharest Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and other ensembles. In 2011 he was awarded the medal of honor of the Pasdeloup Orchestra in Paris, and in 2013 he was named the music director of the Cannes Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur Regional Orchestra. Since 1993, he has been a professor at the University of Music in Graz, and with his doctorate in musicology, he has researched the music of Joseph Lanner, Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, and Josef Strauss. His recordings appear on Gramola and Naxos.
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