Jürgen Franz

Jürgen Franz studied flute with Vladislav Brunner in Frankfurt and with Jean Claude Gérard in Stuttgart . Further studies brought him to Maxence Larrieu and Sir James Galway.

Jürgen Franz became a member of the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra and was first flute in the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra.  Since August 2000 he is a member of the radio orchestra NDR in Hamburg with such conductors as Christoph von Dohnany, Christoph Eschenbach, Günter Wand†.

Jürgen Franz also plays Soloflute in the philharmonic orchetsra from " La Scala di Milano" with conductors like Ricardo Muti, M. Rostropowitsch,  and Yuri Terminirkanow.

As a guest he plays in the Berlin philharmonic with the conductors Claudio Abbado, Maris Jansons and Bernard Haitink.

Since 2002 he is a member of the Richard Wagner Festivalorchestra in  Bayreuth . As a soloist he has been a guest in CD  and radio productions and he has toured through  Germany , France , the USA , Estland, Japan and Switzerland . In December 2006 he was invited as soloflutist with the "Symphonica Toscanini Foundation Orchestra" from Lorin Maazel.

1998 he played concerts with Maxence Larrieu and 1999 & 2004 he was soloist at the European flute festivals. In 2008 and 2009 he is a solist at the Italian fluteconvention "falaut" in Milan. At festivals he plays all sorts of solo and chamber music literature, mostly with piano, guitar, organ, strings and orchestra. 

As a teacher Jürgen Franz has a class in the Hamburg Conservatory and teachs as a guestprofessor in Milan. He also gives masterclasses in USA , Japan, Brasil and China.He is the artistic leader  (masterclasses, concerts) from the "Seligenstädter Flötentage" in Germany and the "Klassikfestival Wendelstein" .

Jürgen Franz plays an all 14kt goldflute from Jonathan A. Landell.

New CD available:

European Recital

NEW CD RELEASE JANUARY 2011!
The program on this CD brings together four works for flute and piano (incl. two World Premiere Recordings!) from the early twentieth century and provides us with a glimpse into an era that was ruled by the idea of “L’art pour l’art”. Jürgen Franz and Henning Lucius perform with spirit and enthusiasm, and deliver the music with a tonal palette that is impressively rich and colourful.

Jürgen Franz, flute & Henning Lucius, piano

CD Content:

Walter Gieseking (1895–1956):
Sonatine für Flöte und Klavier

Theodor Blumer (1881–1964):
Sonate für Flöte und Klavier Werk 61*

Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986):
Sonatine für Flöte und Klavier

Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936):
Sonate h-Moll für Flöte und Klavier P 110
arr. of the violin sonata by Jürgen Franz *

* World Premiere Recording

Flötentrios aus Frankreich

A special treasure for lovers of French chamber music. On this recording, one can hear seldom-heard works and arrangements by Romantic and Modern composers. The highly attractive chamber music ensemble consists of flute, violoncello, and piano. A co-production with NDR.

“In all of the works, [the three musicians] achieve a fine balance in musical terms as well as in recording quality.”
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