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Karl-Heinz Steffens began his career as a clarinetist, performing as principal clarinet with the
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and he worked with such conductors as
Lorin Maazel,
Kurt Masur, and
Colin Davis.
Steffens is the music director of the
Rheinland-Pfalz Staatsphilharmonie and of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo. He has also conducted at Teatro alla Scala, the Berlin State Opera, and the Zurich Opera, and appeared as a guest conductor with the
Philharmonia Orchestra, the
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and the
Hallé Orchestra, among many others. His recordings have been released on Capriccio Records, Tudor Records, CPO, Coviello Classics, and Berlin Classics.