Daniel Reith

Kapellmeister: Landestheater Linz

German conductor Daniel Reith is rapidly establishing himself as a compelling presence on the international orchestral scene, praised for his musical depth, clarity of interpretation, and versatility across a wide repertoire.

From the 2026/27 season, Reith joins Landestheater Linz as Kapellmeister, leading the productions of Kálmán’s Die Csárdásfürstin and the first performance of Oscar prize winner Cong Su’s Der gute Mensch von Sezuan. Furthermore he will be conducting performances of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Humperdinck’s Königskinder and Rossini’s La Cenerentola, among others.

Based for three seasons in the United States, Reith was Associate Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO) until the end of the 2024/25 season, concluding his tenure with his debut at Blossom Music Festival. He made his Cleveland Orchestra subscription debut stepping in for Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä at very short notice. That same year, he also led the orchestra at the Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival, substituting for Franz Welser-Möst. Further notable appearances with The Cleveland Orchestra followed, including the 2024/25 season-opening gala concert, an “All-Tchaikovsky” program featuring Yuja Wang as soloist, and a complete cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos and Triple Concerto in November 2024. The latter included collaborations with soloists such as Yunchan Lim, Sir Stephen Hough, Garrick Ohlson, Minsoo Sohn, Orion Weiss, Augustin Hadelich, and Julia Hagen. In addition to his coaching and conducting duties with COYO, Reith led the Orchestra’s education concerts in Cleveland and Miami, as well as family and community concerts.

Reith is also an established talent in Scandinavia and has performed with the Oslo and Bergen philharmonic orchestras, Stavanger, Kristiansand and Trondheim symphony orchestras, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and Norwegian Armed Forces. Having served as Assistant Conductor at the Norwegian Opera for a production of Orpheus in the Underworld, Reith returned to Oslo for a symphonic concert with the Norwegian Opera Orchestra, conducting Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra. Elsewhere Reith has conducted the Romanian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern and Aalborg Symfonieorkester.

Well versed in a broad range of repertoire, Reith has a particular affinity for the German tradition, from the Classical core to the late Romantic period. He is especially committed to reviving lesser-known works from this era and presenting them to contemporary audiences with fresh perspective.

Reith is a winner of the prestigious Opptakt competition, part of Talent Norway’s national program for emerging conductors, and a former participant in its advanced conducting initiatives. He holds degrees in conducting, piano, and music theory from the Norwegian Academy of Music, the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt, and the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg.

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S. Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade, Op. 33 © The Cleveland Orchestra

I. Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1919): "Infernal Dance" © The Cleveland Orchestra

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“Reith brought chamber-like clarity to the lighter character portraits … while giving space to the orchestra’s soloists”

Cleveland.com, August 2025

“Reith, who received word of the change only two hours before the concert, deserves much of the glory for what followed… Reith pushed the orchestra close to Wang’s brilliance”

Cleveland.com, March 2025