Clemens Fieguth
“Even the first few bars made one sit up and take notice. By the end, the applause was indescribable. The orchestra, the soloists, and the audience celebrated him almost frenetically (…) what a master of sound stood at the podium!”
— Suhre, Der Neue Merker, 12/22.
Beginning with the 2026/27 season, Clemens Fieguth takes up the position of First Kapellmeister and Deputy General Music Director at Staatstheater Kassel. Mr. Fieguth joins the theatre following four seasons at Theater Erfurt, where he conducted more than 20 works of music theatre. Productions he has led there include Peter Grimes, Tosca, Rusalka, The Sleeping Beauty, Fiddler on the Roof, La Bohème, Hänsel und Gretel, Le Sacre du printemps, as well as the award-winning production of Titanic.
During his time in Erfurt, guest engagements brought Mr. Fieguth back to the Staatskapelle Weimar and also to the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Jenaer Philharmonie, Staatstheater Kassel and Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin.
Alongside his work in music theatre, Mr. Fieguth has developed a broad symphonic repertoire. He has conducted symphonies by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner and Vaughan Williams, a range of solo concertos, as well as the Requiems of Mozart and Brahms. Another focus of his work is on moderated concert and audience-engagement formats. In the series Clemens entdeckt … (“Clemens Discovers …”), which he developed himself, he guides audiences through musical works and the ideas and connections behind them.
Mr. Fieguth’s conducting career began in 2022 with his debut with the Staatskapelle Weimar, when he stepped in at short notice to conduct a performance of Detlev Glanert’s opera Caligula. Shortly afterwards, he joined Theater Erfurt as Second Kapellmeister and was promoted to First Kapellmeister for the 2023/24 season.
Mr. Fieguth previously studied percussion in Cologne before continuing his studies in orchestral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar with Prof. Nicolás Pasquet and Ekhart Wycik. During his studies, he worked with ensembles including the Jenaer Philharmonie, Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach, Staatskapelle Weimar, Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau and Karlovarský symfonický orchestr.
Mr. Fieguth developed a particular commitment to working with young musicians over many years as a coach, assistant and Artistic Director of various youth and state youth orchestras. Musical education and the communication of orchestral culture continue to form an integral part of his artistic work.
Photos by Lutz Edelhoff