Claus Peter Flor

Claus Peter Flor (born 16 March 1953, Leipzig) is a German conductor. He played the violin as a youth, and later was a conducting student with Rolf Reuter.

Flor served as chief conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin from 1984 to 1991. He was artistic advisor and principal guest conductor to the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich from 1991 to 1996. He was principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra from 1991 to 1994, and has been principal guest conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi since 2003.

In the USA, Flor served as principal guest conductor with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from 1999 to 2008.^[1][2]

From 2008 to 2014, Flor was music director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.^[3] During his tenure, he oversaw controversial sackings of nine key musicians of the orchestra, which culminated in a call by the International Federation of Musicians for an international boycott against auditions held by the orchestra. ^[4] He has since been succeeded by Fabio Mechetti as the new Music Director for the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.

References

1. Lawrence van Gelder (23 June 1998). "Footlights: A Second Baton". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. Scott Cantrell (1 February 2007). "New director for DSO". Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
3. "The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Announces the Appointment of Claus Peter Flor as its New Music Director" (PDF) (Press release). Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
4. "Call for international boycott of recruitment auditions at the Malaysian Philharmonic" (Press release). International Federation of Musicians. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 2015-09-02.

External links

• Agency biography
• Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra page on Flor