Philippe Bach

Philippe Bach (born 1974) is a Swiss conductor[1] and current music director of Meiningen's Hofkapelle and Theatre.

Bach was born in Saanen, Switzerland, and studied Horn in Bern and Genève and conducting in Zürich.

At the Teatro Real in Madrid he has conducted performances of Madama Butterfly and The Barber of Seville.

In concert he has conducted the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Hallé Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, London Symphony (Discovery Scheme), London Philharmonic,[3] Philharmonia (International Conductors’ Academy) and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras.

In December 2007 Philippe Bach was appointed first Kapellmeister and Stellvertretender Generalmusikdirektor (Deputy music director) at the Theater Lübeck, where he conducted Rigoletto, Andrea Chénier, Eugene Onegin, Il trovatore, Das Rheingold, and Othmar Schoeck's Penthesilea.