SAM-Klang – Morten Schuldt-Jensen

Morten Schuldt-Jensen

Morten Schuldt-Jensen was choral director of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig from 1999–2007 and has been professor of choral and orchestral conducting at the Freiburg University of Music since 2006.In addition to his teaching activities, he has worked in Scandinavia and Germany with choirs and orchestras of all kinds and at every level including well-known European ensembles such as SWR Vocal Ensemble, RIAS Chamber Choir, the Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Akademie für Alte Musik. He performs regularly with his Danish choir Sokkelund Sangkor, with the Immortal Bach Ensemble and the Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, of which he is chief conductor and artistic director. His repertoire is wide-ranging – from early music to jazz and popular music – and he has won numerous prizes and recorded many highly acclaimed CDs. In addition, he writes and arranges choral music for several publishers, publishes scientific articles and gives lectures in Europe and the USA on interpretation, performance practice and conducting technique.