Adrian
Prabava

Following his great success at the 49th International Competition for Young Conductors in Besançon in 2005, Kurt Masur appointed him as his assistant at the Orchestre National de France in Paris from 2006 to 2009. In 2007, he was selected as the first recipient of the Bernard Haitink Fund for Young Talent. In this role, he worked closely with Bernard Haitink as an assistant at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.

As an opera conductor, he led a wide-ranging repertoire during his tenure as resident conductor and associate music director at the Theater Altenburg Gera and with the Altenburg Gera Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany. He received rave reviews for his production of Shostakovich’s operetta *Moskva Cheremushki*. Adrian Prabava has also made guest appearances at the Komische Oper Berlin (“Die Fledermaus”; “The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny”), the Theater Bonn (“Hansel and Gretel”), and the Theater Magdeburg (“The Turn of the Screw”). More recently, Adrian Prabava conducted two major opera productions that were highly praised by critics: Antonín Dvořák’s “Rusalka” at the Konzert Theater Bern and the revival of Richard Wagner’s “Lohengrin” at the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava. The production of Richard Wagner’s “Die Walküre,” which he conducted to great acclaim at the Opéra de Marseille in February 2022, was particularly well received by the press.

Adrian Prabava has already collaborated with a wide range of renowned orchestras, including the Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra, the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, the Festival Strings Lucerne, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra (Osaka), the London Philharmonic, the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Hannover, the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, the North German Philharmonic Rostock, the Odense Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Basel Symphony Orchestra, Athens State Symphony Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Tonkünstler Orchestra Lower Austria, and WDR Funkhaus Orchestra.

He studied violin at the Detmold University of Music and conducting under Eiji Oue at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover. In addition, Adrian Prabava attended master classes with Jorma Panula, who became his mentor alongside Kurt Masur and Bernard Haitink.

“Adrian Prabava is an exceptional conductor whose approach to the composer’s score allows every instrument to shine and every musician to take their rightful place.” (Jocelyne De Nicola, GB Opera)