Stefan Geiger

In 2016, Geiger became principal conductor and music director at Orquestra Sinfônica do Paraná, at Teatro Guaíra, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. He was chosen by the orchestra’s musicians. At OSP he conducted classical music concerts, contemporary music concerts and film concerts with music from Metropolis (1927) and City Lights (1931). The reformulation of part of the orchestra happened in 2017, Geiger’s second year as director.

He began his career as a solo trombone player at Bayerische Staatsoper, in Munich. Among his teachers were Branimir Slokar (trombone) and Peter Eötvös (conducting). Shortly after, he played for NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, in Hamburg. He worked as an assistant to Cristoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev and Christoph von Dohanyi. In 1996, he became artistic director at Landesjurgendorchester Bremen. From 2002 to 2007 he worked with the direction for the Bremen orchestra Hochschule für Künste.

On 1 September 1991 he took a position as a trombonist at Elbphilharmonie Orchester, in Hamburg. He acts as guest conductor, working in concerts that range from classic symphonic repertoire to game music and film concerts.

Geiger has won prizes including Concour International du Festival de Musique de Toulon, in 1989 and the Prague Spring Festival in 1992

Stefan Geiger (born 1967) is a German conductor and trombonist. In 2016 he became the conductor and music director of Orquestra Sinfônica do Paraná in Curitiba.