Claus Peter Flor (born 16 March 1953,

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) is a German conductor. Flor studied violin and clarinet at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in

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. He continued his music studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar and the HMT Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig. He was later a conducting student with

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and with

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. Flor was chief conductor of the Suhl Philharmonic Orchestra from 1981 to 1984. Flor served as chief conductor of the

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from 1984 to 1991. He was artistic advisor and principal guest conductor to the

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Zürich from 1991 to 1996. He was principal guest conductor of the

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Orchestra from 1991 to 1994, and became principal guest conductor of the

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in 2003. In April 2017, ''Het Gelders Orkest'' announced that they had secured the services of Flor for an extended guest conductor relationship, without the formal conferring of a title such as 'principal guest conductor'. In June 2017, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi announced the appointment of Flor as its next music director, effective with the 2017-2018 season, with an initial contract of 3 years. Outside of Europe, Flor served as principal guest conductor with the

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from 1999 to 2008. From 2008 to 2014, Flor was music director of the

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO; ms, Orkestra Filharmonik Malaysia) is a Malaysian orchestra based in Kuala Lumpur. The orchestra is resident at the Petronas Philharmonic Hall (Dewan Filharmonik Petronas). It is one of Asia's leading ...

. During his tenure, he oversaw controversial sackings of nine key musicians of the orchestra, which culminated in a call by the International Federation of Musicians for an international boycott against auditions held by the orchestra.

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IMG Artists agency biography of Claus Peter Flor
1953 births Living people German male conductors (music) Musicians from Leipzig 21st-century German conductors (music) 21st-century German male musicians {{germany-conductor-stub