He was appointed to the Theater Saarbrücken as Germany's youngest general music director in 1974.
His work in contemporary music has included conducting the premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's opera Oedipus in October 1987.
He stepped down from this post in 2010[5] and served as the orchestra's conductor laureate for the 2010–2011 season.
[7] In July 2015, the Beethoven Orchester Bonn announced the appointment of Perick as its interim Generalmusikdirektor for the 2016–2017 season.
Perick and his wife Ulrike, an actress, make their home in Germany.