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Johannes Klumpp (* 17. December 1980) is a German conductor born in Stuttgart. Contents •	1 Biography •	2 Personal life •	3 Awards •	4 Recordings •	5 External Links •	6 References Biography Johannes Klumpp did his A levels at the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Stuttgart, Germany. After reveiving private conducting lessons by Manfred Schreier and Thomas Ungar he started his studies in conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar with his teachers Nicolas Pasquet and Gunter Kahlert. He also studied viola with Frank Strauch. In 2009, Johannes Klumpp became principal conductor of the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Since 2013 he has been chief conductor oft he Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen.[1][2] As a guest conductor he has worked with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, the Tiroler Landesorchester Innsbruck, the Rundfunkorchester Cologne, the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dresdner Philharmonie, the Nürnberger Symphoniker, the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie and many others. Johannes Klumpp has been conductor of the Summer Music Academy Castle Hundisburg since 2007, and in 2013 he also became the Artistic Director of the Artistic festival in Saxony-Anhalt, together with the pianist Rolf-Dieter Arens.[3] Personal life Johannes Klumpp lives with his family close to Stuttgart, Germany. Awards 2006 Johannes Klumpp received the Weimarian „Franz-Liszt-Prize“. Through his participation at the final round of the international conducting competition in Besançon he was brought into the international spotlight for the first time. 2008 he won the first prize and the special prize for accompanied conducting at the German university competition (Hochschulwettbewerb) „in memoriam Herbert von Karajan“. In 2010 he received the Herrmann-Hildebrandt-scholarship,[4] and in 2011 he won the special prize at the German conducting competition. In the years from 2005 till 2011 Johannes Klumpp was awarded to the highest support level of the Dirigentenforum oft he German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat). Recordings In cooperation with the classic label Ars-Produktion he published CDs and SA-CDs with works from composers like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Nepomuk Hummel and Carl Maria von Weber as well as Ignaz Pleyel.[5] “Northern Lights”, the newest production, published 2014 includes Scandinavian composers. Web links •	http://www.johannesklumpp.de/ External links 1.	Folkwang Kammerorchester: neuer Chef und Dialog mit der Jugend – Essen-Süd – lokalkompass.de 2.	Frischer Wind für den Konzertbetrieb auf dem Hügel – WAZ.de 3.	klassik.com: Johannes Klumpp macht Karriere bei SommerMusikAkademie Schloss Hundisburg 4.	Hermann-Hildebrandt-Stipendium für Johannes Klumpp 5.	Ars Produktion – Neuheiten