Claus Peter Flor

Claus Peter Flor ( born March 16, 1953 in Leipzig ) is a German conductor.

His education began Flor at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Zwickau, where he learned to play the violin and clarinet. From 1968 he studied at the Hochschule für Musik " ​​Franz Liszt" in Weimar. Later he continued his studies in Leipzig at the Academy of Music " Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy ", where he took his state exams in violin. He began conducting studies with Prof. Rolf Reuter and then in the conducting class of Prof. Kurt Masur, where he also defended the state exam. In 1979 he was awarded the Mendelssohn Scholarship by the Ministry of Culture for outstanding performance. In 1981 he became chief conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Suhl. In 1984 he became chief conductor and music director in 1985 of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra (BSO ), a post he held until 1992. Flor et al brought in this time Works by Günter Kochan premiered. With the BSO he made numerous concert tours and more for Poland, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, France, Japan and the United States. In 1988 he conducted the Berlin Philharmonic. The Philharmonia London, he was a guest conductor from 1991 to 1994 and from 1991 in parallel with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich guest conductor. He has received numerous prizes at international competitions, among others in Poland, Denmark and the UK. He was a member of the Board of Trustees Schauspielhaus Berlin (now Konzerthaus Berlin) under the direction of Prof. Peter Schreier.