German conductor Florian Csizmadia currently serves as Music Director of THEATER VORPOMMERN and PHILHARMONISCHES ORCHESTER VORPOMMERN (Philharmonic Orchestra of Western Pomerania), both based in Stralsund and Greifswald (Germany).

There, he oversees both opera and concert: He conducts several new opera productions each season and is responsible as Artistic Director for planning and programming the annual series of orchestral concerts.

Past opera productions at THEATER VORPOMMERN have included Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Gounod’s Faust, Verdi’s Rigoletto, Trovatore, Traviata and Ballo in Maschera, Puccini’s Tosca and Bohème, a highly acclaimed production of Previn’s Streetcar Named Desire, Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mozart’s Idomeneo and, from the Baroque repertoire, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Handel’s Alcina. During the 2025/26 season he will conduct new productions of Bizet’s Carmen and Detlev Glanert’s Oceane.

Equally at home in the concert hall, Florian has conducted in recent years a wide repertoire spanning from the 18th to the 21st century. Cornerstones of his repertoire include works from the Austro-Germanic tradition, compositions by British composers – and particularly Edward Elgar, whose music he regularly champions – and the symphonic works of Jean Sibelius. In 2018, Florian led a series of performances of Britten’s War Requiem that united ensembles from Germany, Poland and Lithuania with performances held in all three countries. This was followed in 2022 by a series of performances of Verdi’s Requiem.

From 2022 to 2024, Florian conducted a Sibelius cycle – still a rarity in Germany – featuring all seven symphonies, the Violin concerto and numerous other orchestral works.

Being partly of Hungarian descent, the works of Hungarian composers also appear often on Florian’s concert programmes. In addition to the symphonic repertoire, he regularly performs Baroque music, often leading the orchestra from the harpsichord. His performances are usually based on studies of the sources and influenced by aspects of Historically Informed Performance Practice.

Prior to his tenure at THEATER VORPOMMERN, Florian served as Principal conductor (Kapellmeister) at the STAATSTHEATER MAINZ. He started his professional career at the HAMBURG STATE OPERA, where he spent ten seasons as Chorus Master and staff conductor, collaborating with and assisting numerous important conductors of our time.

Born in Mannheim (Germany) in 1976, Florian studied conducting with Christian Kluttig and piano at the Musikhochschule (College of Music) Dresden, as well as musicology at the University of Hamburg, where he earned his doctorate with a study on the choral-orchestral works of Edward Elgar. In addition to his conducting activities, he maintains a strong interest in musicological subjects and regularly publishes in academic journals and books.