Respected worldwide as a conductor with instinctive and incisive musicianship, Claus Peter Flor maintains a prestigious international career. He is renowned for his command and interpretation of Austro-Germanic repertoire, such as Bruckner; Mahler; Strauss; Brahms; Schumann and Mendelssohn, the works of Shostakovich, and has a great affinity with the Czech repertoire of Dvorak and Suk having recorded many of their works during his tenure as Principal Conductor of the Malaysian Philharmonic.
Born in Leipzig, Mr. Flor began his musical career with violin tuition in Weimar and Leipzig, before focusing on conducting with Rolf Reuter and later on with both Rafael Kubelik and Kurt Sanderling. In 1984, he became General Music Director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and also began regular associations at this time with the other major German orchestras: the Leipzig Gewandhaus and Dresden Staatskapelle. In 1988, he made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic, where he has since returned twice.
Throughout his career to date, he has held positions with a great number of distinguished orchestras, namely the Philharmonia Orchestra; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic. Prior to his position as Music Director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra from 2008 –2014, Mr. Flor held the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (2003−08).
Claus Peter Flor has an extensive and diverse discography, including an acclaimed series of Mendelssohn recordings with the Bamberg Symphony, which have recently been re-issued by Sony/BMG. Amongst recordings he has made with the Malaysian Philharmonic for BIS label; Suk’s Asrael Symphony was released in 2009 and Dvorak’s Symphonies No.7 and 8 were released in 2012.
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