Felix Krieger has made a name for himself as one of the most exciting and versatile German conductors of his generation thanks to several highly acclaimed performances in Berlin´s Konzerthaus . He has started his carreer aged 22 in 1996, when Claudio Abbado named him his assistant conductor at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for a 2-years-term. Since than Krieger has conducted maior orchestras in concert, opera and ballet all over the world.
Since 2010 he is artistic director and principal conductor Berliner Operngruppe , together with whom he has given enthusiastically received performances in Konzerthaus Berlin, including the Berlin premieres of Verdi´s Stiffelio , Puccini´s Edgar or Mascagni´s Iris . In September 2021 he has conducted the German Premiere of Donizett´s Deux Hommes et une femme and most recently in June 2022 a double bill with Mascagni´s Zanetto and Wolf-Ferrari´s Il segreto di Susanna . In May 2023 Krieger will lead the w
A live-recording of Iris was released by Oehms Classics in March 2021. With this album he got nominated for the prestiguos OPUS KLASSIK AWARD 2021 in the categories “conductor of the year” and “opera recording of the year (19. Century)” as well as for the “Bestenliste der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” and for the International Classical Music Awards 2022 (ICMA).