Thomas Hauschild

Thomas Hauschild, born in 1964 in Greiz, Thuringia, comes from a family of musicians and became a member of the Thomanerchor Leipzig at the age of 10. In 1988, he began studying the horn with Prof. Erich Penzel in Cologne, took part in the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival the following year and played under conductors such as Leonard Bernstein and Georg Solti. He has also performed as a pianist in numerous chamber music concerts.

In 1990, he became a horn player with the Stuttgart State Orchestra and has held a teaching position for horn at the Stuttgart University of Music since 1992. Since 2001, he has been professor of horn at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater in Leipzig. He performs as a horn player with both the modern and the natural horn in various ensembles such as the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, the Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra and as a soloist with various orchestras.

Thomas Hauschild is also active as a conductor, including guest conducting engagements in Szeged/Hungary, with the Halle Philharmonic Orchestra and the ESMAE Symphony Orchestra in Porto/Portugal. From 1998 to 2014, he conducted the Tübingen Student Philharmonic Orchestra at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Regular course activities at home and abroad, especially in Portugal and Italy, round off his activities. Thomas Hauschild has been the artistic director of the Leipzig Academic Orchestra since September 1, 2023.