Marc Albrecht will open the concert season at the Dresdner Philharmonie with Veronika Eberle in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Strauss’ “Sinfonia domestica”. He also appears with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León in a programme spanning Unsuk Chin, Mozart, and Brahms. Other engagements will take him to the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla and further afield to the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo and the Teatro Colón Buenos Aires. He also returns to the Staatstheater Darmstadt to conduct Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 – a homecoming to the theatre where he once served as one of Germany’s youngest General Music Directors. 

 Alongside this, he maintains a strong commitment to contemporary music. In January he will return to the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, performing works by Claudio Ambrosini, Hermann Keller, and others. Marc Albrecht’s concert engagements have brought him to many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de France, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Taiwan Philharmonic, and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also appeared at major festivals such as Bayreuth, Salzburg, and Aix-en-Provence, as well as the BBC Proms.

His artistic achievements have been recognised with numerous awards. In 2021 he was awarded the OPUS KLASSIK “Conductor of the Year”, having previously received the International Opera Award in the same category. During his tenure as Chief Conductor, the Dutch National Opera was named “Opera House of the Year” (2016), and in 2020 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion for his services to the arts. Marc Albrecht’s acclaimed discography includes OPUS KLASSIK-winning recordings of Korngold’s “Das Wunder der Heliane” (NAXOS) and Zemlinsky’s “Die Seejungfrau” (Pentatone). His production of Berg’s “Wozzeck” at Dutch National Opera earned a GRAMMY nomination, and his most recent recording, Zemlinsky’s “Eine florentinische Tragödie” (Pentatone), was met with widespread critical praise.

Marc Albrecht’s musical career was profoundly influenced by Claudio Abbado. Following his studies in Vienna and early roles as a répétiteur at the Vienna and Hamburg State Operas, he became Abbado's assistant and played a pivotal role in establishing the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, leading and shaping it for over five years. In 1995, he was appointed General Music Director of the Staatstheater Darmstadt, following his tenure as First Kapellmeister at the Semperoper in Dresden.

SEASON 2025 / 2026