Anne Hinrichsen
Since the 2020/21 season, Anne Hinrichsen has been working as Director of Studies and Kapellmeister at the Bielefeld Theatre, where she has held the post of Coord. 1st Kapellmeister since the 2024/25 season and has since been responsible for the musical direction of productions such as Dunkel ist die Nacht, Rigoletto!, Rusalka, Berlin Alexanderplatz (world premiere), Zazà (WA) and The Convert (German premiere) as well as various symphonic formats. Guest conducting engagements have taken her to the Orquesta de València, Oviedo Filarmonía, the Junge Sinfoniker Ostwestfalen and the Bern Symphony Orchestra.
Born in northern Germany, she studied piano in Lübeck and Freiburg, continued her training in orchestral piano and accompaniment at the Zurich Opera House Orchestra Academy and played in orchestras such as the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Philharmonia Zurich and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. Her extensive skills as a piano accompanist led Anne Hinrichsen to the Zurich University of the Arts, where she was employed as an accompanist and PreCollege lecturer in sight-reading/correpetition until 2020.
In addition to her work as a choir director, she also worked for several years as a correpetor, assistant and musical director at the Konzert Theater Bern, where she took on her first post-conducting duties.
In the 2024/25 season, she will conduct the children's opera Die kleine Hexe (F. Wittenbrink) at the Komische Oper Berlin and the opera A Streetcar Named Desire (A. Previn) at the Theater Bielefeld, among others, and will also return to the Bühnen Bern as a guest conductor.
Born in northern Germany, she studied piano in Lübeck and Freiburg, continued her training in orchestral piano and accompaniment at the Zurich Opera House Orchestra Academy and played in orchestras such as the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Philharmonia Zurich and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. Her extensive skills as a piano accompanist led Anne Hinrichsen to the Zurich University of the Arts, where she was employed as an accompanist and PreCollege lecturer in sight-reading/correpetition until 2020.
In addition to her work as a choir director, she also worked for several years as a correpetor, assistant and musical director at the Konzert Theater Bern, where she took on her first post-conducting duties.
In the 2024/25 season, she will conduct the children's opera Die kleine Hexe (F. Wittenbrink) at the Komische Oper Berlin and the opera A Streetcar Named Desire (A. Previn) at the Theater Bielefeld, among others, and will also return to the Bühnen Bern as a guest conductor.