Andreas Spering

Andreas Spering Conductor is one of the leading European specialists in the area of early music. His artistic outlook was decisively influenced by Gerd Zacher in Essen and by his years as harpsichordist for the renowned ensemble Musica Antiqua Köln.
From 1999 to 2007, Spering served as musical director of the Handel Festival in Karlsruhe. As artistic director of the Brühl Palace Concerts (Brühler Schlosskonzerte), he established what is now the only Haydn festival in the world. Spering is invited to conduct orchestras all over Europe, focusing his attention on works by Haydn along with all other composers of Vienna Classicism and Early Romanticism.
A number of outstanding opera houses and festivals also invite him to conduct works by Handel and Mozart. Spering’s discography comprises a multitude of recordings, some of which have received prestigious awards, including his version of Haydn’s Creation, widely acknowledged as a benchmark in its field.