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 .

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

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