Karsten Januschke

Karsten Januschke (born 4 March 1980) is a German conductor in opera and concert who made an international career. He worked at the Oper Frankfurt from 2008 to 2015 and then turned to freelance work. He focused on Mozart operas, but has also conducted contemporary works such as the German premiere of Olga Neuwirth's Lost Highway.

Life and career Januschke was born in Bad Segeberg on 4 March 1980. He studied in Vienna: first piano and musicology, then conducting with Georg Mark at the Konservatorium Wien, completing with distinction. During his studies he worked as répétiteur at the Vienna State Opera from 2004, where he conducted a version for children after Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. He also assisted regularly at the Theater an der Wien and the Bayreuth Festival, working with Christian Thielemann and Kirill Petrenko.