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Christiane Silber is a versatile conductor who has studied conducting with Jörg-Peter Weigle, Marek Janowski and Vladimir Jurowski.
She began her conducting career in 2010 with the concentus alius. In 2011 she became assistant and deputy to Prof. Constantin Alex (Humboldt University of Berlin). During this time she was the permanent conductor of Humboldt's Student Philharmonic Orchestra, Humboldt's Philharmonic Choir for one semester and the Symphonic Orchestra of the Humboldt-University of Berlin. She has also worked with the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra and the German-Scandinavian Youth Orchestra. Christiane Silber has conducted the cappella academica of the Humboldt University of Berlin since 2014. From 2013 to 2016, she performed three concert tours in China with the newly founded Berlin Philharmonic Film Orchestra at the turn of the year. In 2016, she made her debut at the Staatstheater Schwerin with the Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin. In 2018, she assisted conductor Ariane Matiakh at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg for the new production of Jules Massenet's Werther. She also conducted numerous concerts in 2018 and took over the musical direction of the CD production for Axel Prahl's new album “Mehr” with the Brandenburger Symphoniker. From 2018 to the present day, she has worked regularly with the female composers' collective Track15 and the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg. In 2019, Christiane Silber conducted the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin for the first time (RSB) - “her” orchestra, in which she has been principal viola since 2005. In the same year, she was engaged as assistant to Henrik Nanasi for the new production of Tchaikovsky's Iolanta at the Palau de les Artes in Valencia. She also made her debut with the Zug Sinfonietta, conducted recordings with the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg and conducted the Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie. In 2020, the RSB engaged her again as a conductor, for an RBB radio live concert with Benjamin Britten's Sinfonietta op. 1. She was also Vladimir Jurowski's assistant for the final concert of the season. In the 2022/23 season, Christiane Silber conducted the RSB for a CD production for Deutschlandradio/Capriccio featuring world premiere recordings of works by the composer Maria Herz. This recording was awarded the OPUS KLASSIK in 2025 in the category “World Premiere Recording of the Year.” From 2023 onwards, Christiane Silber was engaged as an assistant to Karina Canellakis for several projects with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. In March 2025, she conducted the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker at the Liederhalle Stuttgart. In July 2025, she made her debut with the Kammerakademie Potsdam. In January 2026, she assisted Simone Young at the Staatsoper Berlin for Wagner’s Lohengrin. Since 2021, Christiane Silber has been a lecturer in conducting at the Film University Babelsberg, and since 2022, she has been a member of the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. |
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