Mark Rohde leaves Schwerin: Farewell and new challenges in Würzburg!

Mark Rohde leaves Schwerin: Farewell and new challenges in Würzburg!

Schwerin, Deutschland - Schwerin is experiencing a distinctive change in the music landscape: Mark Rohde, who has been working as General Music Director of the Mecklenburg State Theater and the traditional Mecklenburg State Chapel since 2020, will take up the office of General Music Director at Mainfranken Theater in Würzburg at the 2025/2026 season. The Staatstheater Schwerin officially announced this. Rohde looks back on a successful time in Schwerin, in which he founded the orchestral academy, among other things, and again developed the orchestra into an important orchestra of German orchestral music. He explained: "I leave Schwerin with a laughing and a crying eye" and emphasized that he would miss the city and the enthusiastic audience, as Schwerin Lokal

Until his change, Rohde will remain active in Schwerin. Among other things, he will lead the Christmas concert of the Federal President and the 4th Symphony Concerto and conduct special performances in the Schwerin Cathedral. A highlight will be the "From Vienna with Love" concert during the 2025 castle festival, in which the prominent soloists Conchita Wurst and Nils hikers will perform. In view of his departure, the general director Hans-Georg Wegner expressed his regret and praised Rohde's contribution to the artistic and structural development of the orchestra. "We will be missing Rohde as a partner in the design of the concert programs and in the opera performances," added Wegner, while he announced a careful search for successes, as Welt reported.

new challenges in Würzburg

Rohdes upcoming movement to Würzburg is considered an exciting challenge because he should design the transition to the State Theater there. This promises not only changes in the artistic orientation, but also the preservation of the tradition and quality of the Mainfranken theater. Rohde himself confidently commented on the upcoming tasks and the possibilities for the further development of his new musical homeland.