Leonhard Garms
Conductor
Leonhard Garms grew up in Rome. He studied conducting, vocal accompaniment and music theory at Kunstuniversität Graz and participated in masterclasses with Peter Eötvös, Arturo Tamayo and Paavo Järvi. After his studies he worked as pianist and conductor at Komische Oper Berlin, Theater Regensburg and at the Turkish State Opera Istanbul as well as assisting conductors such as Kirill Petrenko, Stefano Ranzani, Peter Rundel and Emilio Pomarico in festival productions and opera companies around the world. Since 2013 Leonhard Garms has been working as freelance conductor specialized on contemporary music and music theatre.