Frank Strobel

Biography
Frank Strobel

A conductor whose international reputation is built on repertoire of unusual stylistic diversity, Frank Strobel has long been recognised as a leading figure in the space where film meets music.In particular, he has played a crucial role in bringing film concerts into leading opera houses and concert halls.

He conducts orchestras such as the Filarmonica della Scala, HR-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Seattle Symphony, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sydney Symphony and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Strobel enjoys a close-knit collaboration with the Alte Oper Frankfurt, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Philharmonie in Cologne and Paris as well as with the Konzerthaus Vienne. Recently he helt the position as Chief Conductor of the WDR Funkhausorchester.

Highlights of the 2025/26 season include tributes to Ennio Morricone in Berlin, Dracula in Paris, Phantom of the Opera in Los Angeles, and Die Nibelungen in Vienna.

His most important film projects include Napoleon (2024), Nosferatu (2023), Ivan The Terrible (2016), J’accuse (2014), Metropolis (2010), Nibelungen (2010), Battleship Potemkin (2009), Rosenkavalier (2006), Romeo & Juliet (2006) and Alexander Nevsky (2003). He was a founding member of the Europäische FilmPhilharmonie in 2000, an institution dedicated to the artistic development of music and film in the concert hall. This has given rise to such ambitious projects as Matrix Live at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Within his vast discography the series with film suites by Alfred Schnittke, to which Strobel retains the adaptation rights, were received to great critical acclaim. The fifth release of this series received an Opus Klassik Award in 2022.