Helmut Branny (born 1957) is a German conductor, double bassist and professor of chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.
[1] He has also conducted with soloists such as Alison Balsom, Albrecht Mayer, Martin Stadtfeld, Matthias Goerne, Gábor Boldoczki, Nils Mönkemeyer, Dorothee Oberlinger, Sergei Nakariakov and Lise de la Salle.
[3] In addition to his membership of the Staatskapelle, he has held a teaching post at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber since 1995, and has been a professor for chamber music there since 2003.
[4] Branny is a chamber music partner of ensembles including Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Freiburger Barockorchester, Mitteldeutsche Barocksolisten Leipzig and "Les amis de Philippe" in Bremen.
[3] In 2012, he conducted the Kapellsolisten and singers in a revival of the opera La casa disabitata by Princess Amalie of Saxony, which had been rediscovered in Moscow.