“Killian Farrell is the reason so many critics are travelling to Meiningen right now. He appears to be incredibly young, also youthful, but how he makes music with the Meininger Hofkapelle is so fascinating, and often masterful […] he showed his class once more with this performance of Hindemith’s Cardillac.”

“… he develops such a magical sound and dramatic fury from finely woven chamber music elements that one truly needn’t fear for the future of the Wagner conductors’ guild.”

“At the centre of a successful premiere evening is Killian Farrell. The young firebrand inspires everyone, carrying not only the performers along, but also the audience.”
(O‑Ton, Georg Beck, February 2025)

“Killian Farrell, conducting the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra’s Dido and Aeneas, makes a dramatic musical transition from the first part with a precisely playing continuo group, immersing himself with absolute sensitivity in the delicate Baroque sounds.”

“…He took it by storm, grippingly but without excessive pathos, delicately with a sense of subtlety … Farrell is a stroke of luck for Meiningen.”

“Twenty minutes before the start of the performance, Farrell is still sitting at the grand piano in the foyer to explain to the audience in a fantastically engaging ​“introduction to the work” how Verdi’s leitmotifs differ from those of other composers. Shortly afterwards, he is standing in the orchestra pit. Light and shadow arrange as if by themselves in the finely graded wind and string colours of the Meiningen court orchestra.”