The Orchestre symphonique de Québec has announced the appointment of German conductor Clemens Schuldt (*1982) as Music Director from the 2023-2024 season, for a four-year mandate. He succeeds Fabien Gabel who held this position from 2012 to 2020.
Schuldt’s international career began in 2010 when he won First prize in the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition and the resulting position as Assistant Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. He was Principal Conductor of the Munich Chamber Orchestra (Münchener Kammerorchester) from 2016-2022.
Born in Bremen, he first studied violin before completing his conducting studies in Düsseldorf, Vienna and Weimar.