(Credit: © Andreas Hechenberger)

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra has announced a conductor change for its Nov. 6 & 7 concerts.

The orchestra revealed that conductor Joana Mallwitz has canceled the concert for health reasons. As a result, Christoph Koncz will conduct.

Konz has conducted the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Philharmonia Orchestra London, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal and Hong Kong Philharmonic. He has also appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra as well as at the National Theatre Prague and the Wiener Staatsoper. He is the Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rheinand and was appointed MD Designate of Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse starting the post in September 2023.

The concerts, which will be performed in Berlin and Dortmund, will showcase Andrew Staples and José Vicente Castelló performing music by Britten and Schubert.