Increasingly he is in demand to conduct leading international orchestras, particularly in the music of the Viennese Classical period.  Born in Germany, Bruno Weil was a master student of Hans Swarowsky and Franco Ferrara.  A prize winner in several international competitions, he was named General Music Director of the City of Augsburg in 1981, being Germany’s youngest General Music Director at that time.  In 1989 he resigned that position, and in January 1994, he became General Music Director of the City of Duisburg, Germany, a post he relinquished at the end of the 2001/2002 season. <...more>