Achim Fiedler (born 1965) is a

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conductor.

Biography

Born in Stuttgart in 1965, Achim Fiedler studied violin at the

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in Köln, in London at the

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and conducting at the Musikhochschule in

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. He also attended the Tanglewood Music Center Summer Courses. In 1996 he won the first prize of the

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, Spain. He has been invited to conduct major orchestras such as the

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and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria. From 1998 to 2012 Fiedler conducted the

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. He was also the principal conductor of the

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. In 2018, he signed a five-year contract to become Music Director of the Sinfonieorchester Villingen-Schwenningen, starting in January 2019.

References

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