Jörg
Halubek Musical direction

Jörg Halubek is an internationally active conductor, harpsichordist and organist. After studying church music, organ and harpsichord in Stuttgart and Freiburg, he deepened his knowledge of historical performance practice at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Jesper Christensen and Andrea Marcon. He is currently Professor of Historical Keyboard Instruments at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and Artistic Director of the International Handel Academy Karlsruhe. In 2004, he won the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig and founded the Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra il Gusto Barocco in 2008, with which he has established his own baroque series in Stuttgart since 2020. His world premiere recording of the baroque opera ‹Adonis› by Johann Sigismund Kusser, which was released in 2024, was also performed on the opera stage in Schwetzingen. He has conducted at the Komische Oper Berlin, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Handel Festival Halle and the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music and has worked with directors such as Harry Kupfer, Calixto Bieito and Lorenzo Fioroni. He made his debut at the Lucerne Theater in 2024 with Vivaldi's ‹Giustino› and returned in 2025 with a double bill of Dallapiccola's ‹Il prigioniero› and Zelenka's ‹Requiem›.In May 2025, he will conduct a staged performance of Johann Christian Bach's cantata ‹Amor vincitore› at the Schwetzingen Festival.He has already conducted Haydn's ‹Schöpfung› at Theater Basel and will return for ‹Die Zauberflöte› in the 25/26 season.