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Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany
About Claus Peter Flor
- Claus Peter Flor (born 16 March 1953, Leipzig) is a German conductor. Flor studied violin and clarinet at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Zwickau.
- He continued his music studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar and the HMT Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig.
- He was later a conducting student with Rolf Reuter and with Kurt Masur. Flor was chief conductor of the Suhl Philharmonic Orchestra from 1981 to 1984.
- Flor served as chief conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin from 1984 to 1991.
- He was artistic advisor and principal guest conductor to the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich from 1991 to 1996.
- He was principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra from 1991 to 1994, and became principal guest conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi in 2003.
- In April 2017, Het Gelders Orkest announced that they had secured the services of Flor for an extended guest conductor relationship, without the formal conferring of a title such as 'principal guest conductor'.
- In June 2017, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi announced the appointment of Flor as its next music director, effective with the 2017-2018 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.Outside of Europe, Flor served as principal guest conductor with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from 1999 to 2008.
- From 2008 to 2014, Flor was music director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.
- During his tenure, he oversaw controversial sackings of nine key musicians of the orchestra, which culminated in a call by the International Federation of Musicians for an international boycott against auditions held by the orchestra.
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