Patrick Hahn

"Patrick Hahn’s conducting is a pleasure as he shows passion, euphoria & a precision that suited the works grandeur"

- Tiroler Tageszeitung, April 2017

General Music Director: Sinfonieorchester und Oper Wuppertal
Principal Guest Conductor: Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Principal Guest Conductor: Royal Scottish National Orchestra (from 2024/25)

Patrick Hahn is one of the most sought-after and exciting conductors of his generation. In his fourth season in Wuppertal, Patrick Hahn’s symphonic and choral programmes include Mahler’s Symphony No.5, Bruckner’s Symphony No.5, and Messiaen’s Turangalila, to name but a few. The operas there this season include R. Strauss’ Salome and Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

In his first season as Principal Guest Conductor at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Patrick Hahn conducts performances of Dvorak’s Symphony No.9 and Mozart’s Requiem, as well as leading the orchestra on a tour of China.

As a guest conductor in the 2024/25 season, Patrick Hahn makes his first appearances at hr-Sinfonieorchester, Brussels Philharmonic with Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Anastasia Kobekina, RAI with Truls Mork, Semperoper Dresden conducting R. Strauss’ Intermezzo and Staatsoper Hamburg with Wagner’s Parsifal. Return visits include Deutsche Symphony Orchester Berlin with Gabriela Montero, Wiener Symphoniker and Tonhalle Orhestra Zürich. He will also take part in the Johann Strauss 2025 celebration in Vienna, celebrating the 200th anniversary by conducting a concert performance of Der Karneval in Rom.