Susanne Blumenthal

About

Susanne Blumenthal is a German conductor specialising in contemporary music. She founded the ensemble MAM.manufaktur für aktuelle musik and co-founded the EOS Chamber Orchestra in Cologne, where she has shared artistic direction with Hendrika Entzian since 2024. Appointed Professor of New Music at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln in 2021, she has worked with composers including Helmut Lachenmann, Rebecca Saunders and Beat Furrer, and appears regularly with ensembles such as Ensemble Modern and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.

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2026-06
Blumenthal conducted Klangforum Wien at the Vienna Festival 2026 in two concerts under the title 'No More Excuses' with a focus on female composers.
2025
In the 2025/26 season, Blumenthal opened both Klangspuren Schwaz and AFEKT Festival in Tallinn and made his debut with the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra and Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
2024
Blumenthal made his debut with the SWR Symphonieorchester at the opening concert of Donaueschinger Musiktage 2024 and with the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester at Wien Modern.
2024
Since 2024, Blumenthal has shared the artistic direction of the EOS Chamber Orchestra with the Cologne-based composer and conductor Hendrika Entzian.
2024-01
MAM.manufaktur für aktuelle musik made its debut at the Ultraschall Berlin festival in January 2024 with a concert that was broadcast live on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.