Katharina Morin
Katharina Morin is a German conductor who has been appointed Kapelmeister this season at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where she conducts productions including Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has rapidly established an international profile, making her debut in prestigious venues such as the Philharmonie de Paris and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.She has conducted renowned orchestras including the Orchestre National Avignon-Provence, the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Ensemble Reflektor, and the Opéra Orchestre National Montpelier, among others. During the 2025/2026 season, Morin wi l make important debuts with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie Herford, the Philharmonie Südwestfalen, the Orquesta de Córdoba, the Orchestre Pasdeloup, and the MDR Choir, further strengthening her presence on the European musical scene.
In 2024, she was awarded Third Prize as wel as the Génération Opéra Prize at the international conducting competition La Maestra. In October of the same year, she received First Prize at the Deutscher Preis für Chordirigieren, conducting the prestigious RIAS Kammerchor. Her dual scholarship at the renowned Forum Dirigieren, in both orchestral and choral conducting, has led to colaborations with leading ensembles such as the WDR Rundfunkchor and Chorwerk Ruhr.
Among her assistantships, she has worked with Robin Ticciati at the Orchestre de Paris and with Georg Fritzsch at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where she was involved in the production of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss. She was previously assistant at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (2023) and the Staatstheater Darmstadt (2022).
In addition to completing her studies in choral conducting, Morin is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in orchestral conducting with Marcus Bosch and Georg Fritzsch at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. Historicaly informed performance plays an important role in her artistic development, and she has taken part in masterclasses with Thomas Hengelbrock and Ensemble Balthasar Neumann, as wel as interpretation seminars with Kai Köpp.
Katharina Morin, photo by Jakob Schad
