Biography
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer (*1983) is currently musical director of the Young Orchestra Basel, Berne University Orchestra, Zurich-Oerlikon Messiah Choir and Zurich Comic Opera.
In 2007/08 she was musical assistant to Claudio Abbado. She has worked with numerous orchestras and choirs including the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, the Mozart Orchestra Bologna, Basel Sinfonietta, and La Visione Baroque orchestra, and given concerts with the Nordböhmischen Philharmonie Teplice and the Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra. She attended master classes with Simon Halsey, Johannes Schlaefli, Ralf Weikert and Georg Grün, and has received further inspiration from Sylvia Caduff.
Apart from her conducting activities, she is completing her doctorate dissertation entitled “Reception history of Gustav Mahler’s Symphonies on sound recordings” at Basel University Institute of Musicology, where she also heads up the“Mahler interpretation today” project since June 2011. She has been research associate and lecturer at the Institute of Musicology since 2009.
She also lectures on “Conducting & Management”, for example at Thurgau Economic Forum in 2009 and at the first Toggenburg Tourism Summit Conference in 2010 as well as on behalf of Lidl Switzerland, Lidl Germany and St. Gall Management School among others.
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer studied violin under Adelina Oprean and conducting under Raphael Immoos at Basel Music Academy, where she graduated in 2007 as Master of Arts in conducting. She also holds an MA from Basel University in musicology and economics.
Since 2003 she has enjoyed the support of the Swiss Study Foundation, and in 2011 was awarded an Ernst Göhner Foundation grant for artistic promotion. In 2008-2010 she held the “Academy Opera Today” award by the Deutsche Bank Foundation.
News about Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer
Year after year: guest appearance on the Yorkshow, 20 December 2011
The performance with Berne University Orchestra on 28/11/2011 at Kulturcasino Berne - as seen by Jörg Hennecke: Yorkshow
(Deutsch) Interview 10. November 2011
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ERNST GÖHNER SCHOLARSHIP FOR ARTISTS – JUNE 2011
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer is awarded the Ernst Göhner Scholarship for artists in education with the Swiss Study Foundation. The jury members of the competition were Thomas Beck (Director , Berne University of the Arts), Pierre-Yves Borgeaud (Film Director, Lausanne), Pierre Fantys (ECAL, Lausanne), Heinz Spoerli (Director Zurich Ballet), Mirjam Varadinis (Curator, Kunsthaus Zürich), Stefan Wirth (Composer and Pianist) as well as representatives of the Swiss Studiy Foundation and the Ernst Göhner Foundation.
PORTRAIT OF THE YOUNG CONDUCTOR IN THE MAGAZINE OF BANK VONTOBEL – APRIL 2011
“blue”, the Private Banking Magazine of Bank Vontobel portrays the young conductor in its Spring edition: Portrait (english) PDF
BERNE UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA APPOINTS LENA-LISA WÜSTENDÖRFER AS ITS NEW MUSICAL DIRECTOR – APRIL 2011
In September 2011 Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer will assume the position of Musical Director of the Berne University Orchestra.
LENA-LISA WÜSTENDÖRFER AS GUEST IN THE YORKSHOW – DECEMBER 2010
With an unforgettable moderation by Jörg Hennecke. For all who want to know what “classical” free jazz really is
Yorkshow
ENTHUSIASTIC CRITICS OF “INNENLEBEN”, OPERA FRANKFURT – OCTOBER 2010
It’s with enthusiasm that the audience received the premiere of “Innenleben”. There was the unanimous opinion that the young artists have developed a special musical theatre production. In its online-edition the Frankfuter Rundschau summarizes : In any case “Innenleben” shows what would be feasible. Very precisely arranged and focused circumstances, that the spectator faces from a freely selectable perspective. Created by a team that will soon have a determining influence on the future of the Opera. This gives hope.”