Gregor Meyer

Gregor Meyer is one of the leading choral and ensemble conductors of his generation. Since 2007, he has been the director of the GewandhausChor Leipzig, shaping its artistic profile and continuously developing the ensemble.

Alongside his work at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, he maintains a close and ongoing collaboration with the RIAS Kammerchor, where he has served as Artistic Assistant since 2023, as well as with the MDR Rundfunkchor, with whom he regularly works as a conductor and artistic partner. In addition, Gregor Meyer is in demand as a guest conductor with other ensembles in Germany and abroad.

A particular focus of his work lies in the conception and direction of programs that combine musical excellence with social relevance. These include sociocultural projects involving Bundeswehr soldiers and survivors of the Second World War, a performance of Bach’s St Mark Passion with barrier-free access for deaf audiences, as well as music-literary formats such as Apocalypse, The Sorrows of Young Brahms (with Katharina and Anna Thalbach), and Ways to the Cross, a project exploring the human relationship to death and dying.

In 2025, Gregor Meyer was Artist in Residence at the Heinrich Schütz Music Festival.

Since 2014, he has been the principal director of Ensemble 1684, with which he is dedicated to the works of Johann Rosenmüller. In December 2024, he made his debut with Collegium 1704 in concerts in Prague and Dresden.

Gregor Meyer has also distinguished himself as a composer and arranger. His arrangement of Franz Schubert’s Winterreise for baritone, choir, and piano or two accordions has received particular acclaim. Numerous radio and CD recordings document his artistic work, including a complete recording of Johann Kuhnau’s cantatas, a version of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 arranged for two pianos, soloists, trumpet, and choir, and most recently a CD featuring works by the Czech composer Agnes Tyrrell.