Johannes Wildner is an Austrian conductor. Born in Austria in 1956, Johannes Wildner studied conducting, violin and musicology and has established himself as one of the foremost Austrian conductors. His years of experience as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra have given his conducting a distinctive stamp. After positions as Chief Conductor of Prague State Opera and First Permanent Conductor of Leipzig Opera, Johannes Wildner was the General Music Director of the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia for ten years from 1997. He has been Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra in London from 2010-2104. In 2014 he also became the director of the Austrian Opera Festival OPER BURG GARS. He was also appointed Professor of Conducting at the Vienna University of Music with effect of October 1st, 2014. He regularly appears as a guest conductor in major opera houses such as the Tokyo New National Theatre, the Arena di Verona, Leipzig, Volksoper Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, Prague and Zagreb State Opera, and with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, the St. 

January 1st, 1956 in Mürzzuschlag (Age 68)