Music director steps down to resume singing career

Unusual news from the north: Peter Lodahl is leaving after five years as music director of Copenhagen Phil in order ‘to prioritise his own singing career’.

An outspoken personality in Nordic music, Lodhal recently hired the German Christoph Gedschold as chief conductor.

He says: ‘I miss having more time to be a performing artist myself. As a singer, I am facing particularly exciting new challenges in entering more dramatic vocal repertoire than the lyrical roles I have been singing for years, especially in German opera houses. If everything goes well, I can look forward to perhaps the best decade as a singer in my career. But if I am to pursue the opportunity to sing roles like Bacchus and Cavaradossi, it will not be in five or ten years. It is now. I am proud of my efforts at Copenhagen Phil and proud to be able to deliver a symphony orchestra in artistic top form after a comprehensive turnaround process.’

Press photo: Louise Neupert