Team
Founders
Conductor, Co-Founder
Symeon Ioannidis
Symeon Ioannidis, graduate violinist, pianist and conductor (HfM Frankfurt/Main I "Hanns Eisler" Berlin I "Franz Liszt" Weimar), has been dedicated to training young conductors for 25 years. From his professional experience as a guest conductor at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Deutsche Oper and the Komische Oper, among others, he imparts the skills that conductors need today. In the Conducting Leadership Program, he guides managers through the basics of conducting technique, score analysis and the psychology of conducting and accompanies them in their first steps on the podium. The aim is to expand conventional management skills to include multidimensional problem-solving and creative skills in an environment where decisions have to be made quickly and sustainably.
Conductor, Co-Founder
Lars Straehler-Pohl
Lars Straehler-Pohl creates between music, philosophy and business. He studied philosophy, psychology and modern history. At the same time, he trained in orchestral conducting and design thinking. He gained leadership experience as COO of a tech company and innovation consultant. As a conductor, he is passionate about reviving forgotten opera literature and premiering new works. As part of the Conducting Leadership Program, he teaches both the philosophical and aesthetic background of conducting as well as the communicative design of orchestral leadership.
With a focus on clarity and inspiration, he works with participants to develop effective strategies that draw on his diverse expertise as an orchestral conductor, manager, university lecturer and private pilot.
Guests and orchestra
As part of the workshops and seminars, the founding team regularly works with guest lecturers from the fields of music and business in order to optimally meet the needs of the participants.
For the Conducting Leadership Program, musicians from various ensembles come together at the program locations in Germany, Greece and New York to form the Conducting Leadership Orchestra (CLO), providing the participants with a basis, partner and support for a firm footing on the podium.