Maestro Jesko Sirvend studied under Prof. Michael Luig of the Cologne University of Music and Dance. His prior education includes courses in percussion and the piano at the Dr. Hoch’s Conservatory in Frankfurt, was winner of the third prize and the audience prize of the renowned Nicolai-Malko-Competition for Young Conductors 2015 in Copenhagen. He is a guest conductor of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, has established a close collaboration with the Berner Symphonieorchester over the last few years. His debut with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra earned him an immediate reinvitation for the next season. Since 2009, he has been principal conductor of the Akademische Philharmonie Heidelberg and was invited to a concert tour through China in 2013. He has worked several times with the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Staatskapelle Halle, and the Deutsche Radiophilharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern.