Location: Gerhart Hauptmann Theater

Nabucco – a drama of power, love, religion, and freedom.
The musical direction for the evening lies in the hands of Ulrich Kern

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Location: Gerhart Hauptmann Theater

The visual concert, led by Ulrich Kern, marks both an artistic experiment and Daniel Morgenroth’s farewell project at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater Görlitz-Zittau.
An invitation to marvel, to observe, to listen, and to meditate.

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Location: Gerhart Hauptmann-Theatre

Family opera in 19 scenes by Marius Felix Lange

conducted by Ulrich Kern

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Location: Gerhart Hauptmann Theater | Großer Saal

The spectacular opera "The Excursions of Mr. Brouček" by Leoš Janáček, conducted by Ulrich Kern.

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Location: Gerhart Hauptmann Theater | Großer Saal

Ulrich Kern conducting Ariadne auf Naxos
by Richard Strauss

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Location: Potsdam Nicolaisaal

Ulrich Kern will conduct the Brandenburgische Staatsorchestra. On the programm Mendelssohn's Sommernachtstraum, speaker Juri Tetzlaff

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Location: Hoyerswerda | Lausitzhalle

Ulrich Kern is conducting Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie. The New Year’s Concerts will feature works by Beethoven, Johann Strauss Sr., and Leonard Bernstein, among others.

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Location: Berlin, Philharmonie

Ulrich Kern will conduct the Berliner Symphoniker. The soloist of the New Year’s Eve program is the soprano Nadja Mchantaf.

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Location: Frankfurt/ a.O and Nicolaisaal Potsdam

Ulrich Kern will conduct the Christmas Concert – »Die Schneeekönigin« with music by Grieg, Sibelius and Nielsen, female speaker Kristin Muthwill

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Location: Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theatre | Grand Theatre

Ulrich Kern conducting Verdi's masterpiece Nabucco, a  drama of power, love, religion, and freedom

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Location: Dresden, Kulturpalast

Ulrich Kern returns to the podium to lead the Dresden Philharmonic

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Location: Zittau

Ulrich Kern opens the season with the New Lusatian Philharmonic.

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video featuring music by Ferdinand Ries with the MDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ulrich Kern.

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A great success for the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater Görlitz-Zittau! The theater has been named Germany’s best municipal theater by the professional journal Die Deutsche Bühne.

Location: Düsseldorf

Ulrich Kern conducts the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra for the first time at the Tonhalle.

Location: Görlitz

Ulrich Kern with the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie at the Görlitz Festival.

Location: Dresden

Ulrich Kern appears at the “Palais Sommer” Festival in Dresden.

Ulrich Kern and the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie perform works by Dvořák, Martinů, and Smetana.

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Ulrich Kern will conduct two operas in one evening: the world premiere of GRAMSCI by Cord Meijering and Giacomo Puccini’s Suor Angelica.

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Ulrich Kern conducts Puccini’s masterpiece La Bohème.

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Leonard Bernstein’s successful dance piece Peter Pan returns to the stage of the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater.

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Location: Görlitz

Ulrich Kern conducts the rediscovery of Ta Bouche by Maurice Yvain.

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Berlin Philharmonie – New Year’s Eve concerts with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and soprano Nadja Mchantaf | Return invitation to the Dresden Philharmonic | Kulturpalast Dresden | State Orchestra Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz | Weilburg Music Festival | Brandenburg State Orchestra | Nikolaisaal Potsdam | Concert Hall “Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach” Frankfurt/Oder | Camerata Rheingau | Gerhart Hauptmann Theater Görlitz: Philharmonic concerts with the New Lusatian Philharmonic | Verdi Nabucco | Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos | Janáček The Excursions of Mr. Brouček

Location: Berlin

Together with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and musical star Femke Soetenga, Ulrich Kern sets off a musical fireworks display.

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Location: Nikolaisaal Potsdam and Concert Hall Frankfurt/Oder

Christmas family concerts including works by Rossini at the Nikolaisaal Potsdam and the Concert Hall Frankfurt/Oder under the direction of Ulrich Kern.

For the Kästner Year 2024, the book becomes a musical story. A co-production with the Dresden Philharmonic and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. On the podium of the Stuttgart Philharmonic: Ulrich Kern.

Location: Gerhart Hauptmann Theater Görlitz

Revival at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater – conducted by Ulrich Kern.

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Ulrich Kern makes his debut with the Bergische Symphoniker, a concert for German Unity Day.

Location: Görlitz

On the theater square in Görlitz: a summer open-air concert with Ulrich Kern on the podium.

Michael Arbenz, composer and pianist, presents arrangements and the world premiere as part of the “Jazzmeile Thüringen” together with the Jena Philharmonic under the direction of Ulrich Kern.

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“Only those who grow up and remain a child are truly human,” Erich Kästner once claimed. Matthias Kaufmann’s modern setting of the Dresden-born Erich Kästner’s “Dot and Anton” | at the Dresden Philharmonic conducted by Ulrich Kern.

Location: Bautzen

“… – a magnificent masterpiece full of beauty and power” at the Bautzen Theater with the New Lusatian Philharmonic, conducted by Ulrich Kern.

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Location: Dresden

The Young Symphony Orchestra Dresden with works by Honegger, Bozza, Waxmann, and Brahms under the direction of Ulrich Kern at the Kulturpalast Dresden.

Location: Gerhart Hauptmann Theater, Görlitz

Peter Pan by Leonard Bernstein, German premiere, at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater Görlitz under the direction of Ulrich Kern.

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Location: Stuttgart

Conducted by Ulrich Kern together with students of the Stuttgart University of Music at the Wilhelma Theater Stuttgart.

“Young Stars” with the Brandenburg State Orchestra. Enrique Rodrigues, violin, and Alexander Braun, cello, perform Johannes Brahms’ Double Concerto under the direction of Ulrich Kern.

Location: Görlitz

“Around America in 80 Minutes” with the New Lusatian Philharmonic under the direction of Ulrich Kern.

Location: Berlin

Ring in the New Year with works by Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Bizet, and Johann Strauss II. Ulrich Kern conducts the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Soloist of the evening: Anna Werle.

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Ulrich Kern appears with the Brandenburg State Orchestra. On the program: Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, a concert suite for narrator and large orchestra with Erik Schäffler as narrator.

The international specialist journal “OPERNWELT 2023” writes about the opera evening SIMPLICIUS SIMPLICISSIMUS by Karl Amadeus Hartmann at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater with Ulrich Kern on the podium: Awarded in the critics’ poll as the most unusual production of the season.

Location: Gerhart Hauptmann Theater, Görlitz

SAUL – dramatic oratorio in three acts by George Frideric Handel – presented in a staged production at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater under the direction of Ulrich Kern.

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Ulrich Kern conducts the summer concert of the Rheinische Philharmonie State Orchestra with works by Strauss, Saint-Saëns, Brahms, Sarasate, Ravel, and Bizet.

Ulrich Kern returns to the podium of the MDR Symphony Orchestra with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” – incidental music to Shakespeare’s comedy.

Location: Gerhart Hauptmann Theater, Görlitz

Ulrich Kern conducts the premiere of Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s “Simplicius Simplicissimus” at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater.

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A journey through centuries of dance, from the minuet to tango nuevo.

Location: Pieńsk (Poland) and Varnsdorf (Czech Republic)

Ulrich Kern appears in Pieńsk (Poland) and Varnsdorf (Czech Republic) with the New Lusatian Philharmonic.

Ulrich Kern on tour with the Brandenburg State Orchestra performing works by Mendelssohn, Bizet, and Rossini.

Location: Gerhart Hauptmann Theater, Görlitz

Ulrich Kern conducts Puccini’s TOSCA at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater – a thrilling operatic crime drama with passionate music.

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Location: Berlin

Ulrich Kern with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra performing works by Strauss, Anderson, and Elgar.

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Location: Frankfurt/Oder and Potsdam

Ulrich Kern appears with the Brandenburg State Orchestra in the Concert Hall Frankfurt/Oder and at the Nikolaisaal in Potsdam.

Ulrich Kern returns to the podium of the Bochumer Symphoniker – “Thank you for the Music”, the brilliant song classics of ABBA newly arranged.

Ulrich Kern – juror at the First International Song Competition “Bolko von Hochberg”.

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Location: Dresden

Ulrich Kern conducts the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Saxon State High School of Music Dresden – a project in cooperation with arche noVa.

Location: Dortmund

Ulrich Kern again on the podium of the Dortmund Philharmonic with works of the Viennese Classicism.

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Ulrich Kern and the New Lusatian Philharmonic.

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Location: Stuttgart

Ulrich Kern on the podium of the Stuttgart Philharmonic with works by Beethoven, Offenbach, Gershwin, and Ligeti.

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Location: Stuttgart

Open rehearsal with Ulrich Kern and the Stuttgart Philharmonic.

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Ulrich Kern with Puccini’s Tosca – a revival.
Unfortunately, due to Covid restrictions, the performance had to be canceled.

Ulrich Kern and the Rheinische Philharmonie State Orchestra at the Konzerthaus Karlsruhe. Soloist of the evening: trumpeter Reinhold Friedrich.

3rd Philharmonic Concert – Ulrich Kern together with the New Lusatian Philharmonic.

The New Year’s Concerts are cancelled!

Location: Frankfurt/Oder and Potsdam

Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker with the Brandenburg State Orchestra in Frankfurt/Oder and at the Nikolaisaal Potsdam.

Location: Gerhart Hauptmann Theater, Görlitz

Ulrich Kern on the podium of Kurt Weill’s successful opera.

The MDR Symphony Orchestra and Ulrich Kern meet MDR Jump. Broadcast live on MDR television and radio.

The first recording of the Symphony by J. Schubert as well as works by C. F. Abel and F. Ries with the MDR Symphony Orchestra will soon be broadcast.

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Ulrich Kern once again with the Rhenish Philharmonic State Orchestra, performing works by Schubert, Haydn, and Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Violin Concerto. Lea Birringer is the soloist of the evening.

Ulrich Kern once again with the Rhenish Philharmonic State Orchestra, performing works by Schubert, Haydn, and Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Violin Concerto. Lea Birringer is the soloist of the evening.

Viennese Classicism in the Marienkirche in Angermünde – Ulrich Kern once again on the podium of the Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt.

CANCELLED

Daniel Müller-Schott, Anastasia Kobekina and Harriet Krijgh perform three different cello concertos. At the podium of the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic: Ulrich Kern.

A recording from July 8, 2018 at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival.

Ulrich Kern steps in at short notice for the 7th Philharmonic Concert.

Ulrich Kern and the MDR Symphony Orchestra continue their radio production with symphonies by Joseph Schubert and Carl Friedrich Abel.

Ulrich Kern conducts the German Radio Philharmonic – a concert recording from October 30, 2020 at the Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern. Soloist of the evening: Tillmann Höfs.

Ulrich Kern and the MDR Symphony Orchestra continue their radio production with symphonies by Joseph Schubert and Carl Friedrich Abel.

Postponed due to Coronavirus

Ulrich Kern conducts two Christmas family concerts: Legends and Myths for Christmas Eve with Erik Schäffler as narrator.

CANCELLED due to Coronavirus

Ulrich Kern conducts the German Radio Philharmonic in works by Bialas, Haydn and Mozart – a concert recording from October 30, 2020 at the Fruchthalle in Kaiserslautern.

Ulrich Kern and the MDR Symphony Orchestra record for the first time Joseph Schubert’s Symphony in C as well as works by Miklós Rózsa, Ottorino Respighi and Carl Friedrich Abel. The solo part is performed by violinist Antje Weithaas.

Ulrich Kern conducts works by Bialas, Haydn and Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 with Tillmann Höfs.

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Ulrich Kern conducts works by Bialas, Haydn and Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 with Tillmann Höfs.

Location: Gerhart Hauptmann Theater, Görlitz

Premiere at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater under the direction of Ulrich Kern.

Symphony concert with the German Radio Philharmonic | Guest concerts with the MDR Symphony Orchestra | Bochum Symphony Orchestra | CD production with Tilmann Höfs and the German Radio Philharmonic – postponed due to Coronavirus | Concerts with the Brandenburg State Orchestra at the Nikolaisaal Potsdam | Teaching position at the Carl Maria von Weber College of Music Dresden | New Lusatian Philharmonic | Camerata Rheingau | Theater Görlitz: Don Giovanni; The Land of Smiles; Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.

Ulrich Kern returns to the podium with a family concert at the Bochum Symphony Orchestra.

Ulrich Kern conducts the Camerata Rheingau. Works from the Baroque will be performed in the Hildegardis Monastery Church.

CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Location: Baden-Baden

Ulrich Kern returns to the podium of the Baden-Baden Philharmonic.

CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Symphony concerts with the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3.

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Ulrich Kern conducts Meyerbeer’s rarely performed French opera “Dinorah”.

CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

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Location: Dresden

For the first time in Dresden’s new concert hall: Ulrich Kern conducts works by de Falla, Dvořák and Sarasate with the Dresden Youth Symphony Orchestra.

With Katarzyna Myćka (marimba) and the New Lusatian Philharmonic.

Location: Laupheim Castle

Guest performance with the Stuttgart Philharmonic and a Beethoven program at Laupheim Castle. Soloist of the evening: Martin Stadtfeld.

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Ulrich Kern conducts the Brandenburg State Orchestra.

Location: Berlin

Ulrich Kern conducts the Konzerthausorchester Berlin for the first time.

Sound meets idea – 100 years of Bauhaus. Ulrich Kern conducts the MDR Symphony Orchestra.

Ulrich Kern’s debut with the Stuttgart Philharmonic featuring a Beethoven program. Soloist of the evening: Martin Stadtfeld.

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Ulrich Kern conducts the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie with works by Milhaud, Berlioz, Mozart, and Saint-Saëns.

Location: Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz

Ulrich Kern conducts the premiere of the most popular stage work of the Waltz King Johann Strauss at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater.

Ulrich Kern receives the Audience Award from the Görlitz Theater and Music Association.

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MDR production with the MDR Symphony Orchestra for the Bauhaus centenary celebration.

Location: Kloster Hildegardis im Rheingau

Ulrich Kern and the Camerata Rheingau with baroque music at the Abbey of St. Hildegard.

Ulrich Kern conducts Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater.

Ulrich Kern conducts the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, joined by narrator Wolfram Boelzle.

Location: Jena

Ulrich Kern appears with the Jena Philharmonic together with actress Karolin Schuch.

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Under the direction of Ulrich Kern, cellist Ramon Jaffé and the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie perform works by Gluck, Mozart, Paisiello, and Sallinen.

Location: Baden-Baden

Ulrich Kern makes his debut with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic.

Location: Nikolaisaal Potsdam and Frankfurt/Oder

Ulrich Kern returns to conduct the Brandenburg State Orchestra, appearing in the Nikolaisaal Potsdam and in Frankfurt/Oder.

Location: Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie

Ulrich Kern conducts the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie in Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2.

“… Ulrich Kern brought the work into sharp relief, let the brass shine and the basses pulse. (…) The applause and stomping of the audience in the sold-out hall was a clear sign. More of this fresh vibrancy!”

Sächsische Zeitung, Oct 20, 2018, Karsten Blüthgen (on Sibelius Symphony No. 2)

Location: Görlitz Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater

Ulrich Kern conducts the premiere of Strauss’s operetta A Night in Venice at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater, Görlitz.

Ulrich Kern conducts the Jena Philharmonic – program includes works by Elgar, Sibelius, and Mahler. With UWAGA!.

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Ulrich Kern live on NDR Kultur – closing concert of the 360° Cello Festival at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival with the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic: three cello concertos with three soloists – Harriet Krijgh, Anastasia Kobekina, Daniel Müller-Schott.

A broadcast recording from July 8, 2018.

Location: Jenaer Philharmonie

Ulrich Kern and the Jena Philharmonic: farewell concert for Jena’s long-serving mayor Dr. Schröter.

Location: Buenos Aires

Ulrich Kern conducts the Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Nacional José de San Martín. Program: Beethoven Symphony No. 7 and Cavanna “Geek Bagatelles”.

Location: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Ulrich Kern’s debut at the festival – “360° Violoncello”: three cello concertos with three soloists – Harriet Krijgh, Anastasia Kobekina, and Daniel Müller-Schott.

Location: Kloster Hildegardis im Rheingau

Ulrich Kern conducts “Baroque Sounds” at the Abbey of St. Hildegard in the Rheingau, featuring works by Handel, Bach, and Pachelbel with soprano Elisabeth Scholl, countertenor Friedolin Obersteiner, and the Camerata Rheingau.

Ulrich Kern makes his debut with Wagner’s grand romantic opera Tannhäuser.

Ulrich Kern conducts the Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt, with actress Martina Gedeck as narrator.

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Ulrich Kern conducts the premiere of Wolfgang A. Mozart’s Singspiel The Abduction from the Seraglio.

Ulrich Kern conducts Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera The Consul.

Ulrich Kern conducts works by Stanić, Hovhaness, Cavanna, and Haydn.

Location: Reutlingen

Ulrich Kern conducts the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, with moderation by Lars Reichow.

Location: Frankfurt/Oder

Ulrich Kern conducts the Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt/Oder.

Ulrich Kern conducts Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera The Consul.

Ulrich Kern once again with Ensemble Courage at the German Hygiene Museum, Dresden.

Ulrich Kern appears as guest conductor with the Jena Philharmonic.

Ulrich Kern’s debut with the MDR Symphony Orchestra.

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Location: Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie

Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” and Jon Lord’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra with Ulrich Kern conducting.

Ulrich Kern conducts the premiere of Jacques Offenbach’s The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein.

Location: Gent

Ulrich Kern and Ensemble Resonanz Hamburg: Opening concert of the Flanders Festival, Ghent.

Ulrich Kern at the podium with Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps.

Location: Kloster Hildegardis im Rheingau

At Kloster Hildegardis in the Rheingau, Ulrich Kern conducts “Baroque Sounds” with works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach, and Vinci, featuring soprano Elisabeth Scholl and the Camerata Rheingau.

Ulrich Kern conducts the State Orchestra Rheinische Philharmonie – with works by Bach, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, and Schumann on the program.

Location: Jenaer Philharmonie

Ulrich Kern appears as guest conductor with the Jena Philharmonic.

Ulrich Kern conducts Manon Lescaut, a dramma lirico in four acts by Giacomo Puccini.

Ulrich Kern conducts Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore.

Location: Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie

Ulrich Kern appears as guest conductor with the Northwest German Philharmonic.

Location: Jenaer Philharmonie

Ulrich Kern appears as guest conductor with the Jena Philharmonic.

Ulrich Kern makes his debut with the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Ulrich Kern conducts a special concert.

Location: Theater Görlitz

Ulrich Kern conducts the musical by Jerry Bock.

Ulrich Kern and General Music Director Andrea Sanguineti jointly conduct, among others: Earle Brown (1926–2002) Module 1 and 2 for two orchestras and two conductors.

Sep 2, 2016 Görlitz | Sep 3, 2016 Zittau | Sep 6, 2016 Görlitz | Sep 7, 2016 Hoyerswerda | Sep 8, 2016 Bautzen

Location: Gerhardt-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz

Following a successful premiere, Ulrich Kern returns for further performances at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater Görlitz.

Comic opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, with Ulrich Kern at the podium.

“Jenůfa is one of the most beautiful operas ever written. … She can forgive from the depths of her heart. Music that holds so much love is extremely rare. It should be performed every day.” (Ingo Metzmacher, conductor)

Location: Hamburg

Ulrich Kern conducts Ensemble Resonanz Hamburg at Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle; world premiere of a work by Sven-Ingo Koch.

Location: Theater Görlitz

Ulrich Kern appears with the fairy-tale opera Hansel and Gretel at Theater Görlitz.

Location: Gerhardt-Hauptmann-Theater, Görlitz

Ulrich Kern conducts the premiere of Jacques Offenbach’s operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld" at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater, Görlitz.

Location: Nikolaisaal Potsdam

Ulrich Kern conducts Gisbert Näther’s "Prince Suite" Op. 84 with the Brandenburg State Orchestra, featuring Stephan Holzapfel as narrator.

Ulrich Kern conducts the Christmas concert of the Northwest German Philharmonic with works from the opera and concert repertoire.

Ulrich Kern conducts the world premiere of "Quasidah II" by the renowned Italian composer Orazio Scortino.