Andreas Delfs

Winning a long string of adulatory reviews in the process, conductor Andreas Delfs raised the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra from a creditable ensemble to a superlative one. With imaginative programming, he drew ever-larger audiences to Milwaukee's Uihlein Hall, selling out an unprecedented 40 concerts during the 2000 to 2001 season. Considered one of the world's finest among his generation of conductors, Delfs was also engaged as the music director of the prestigious Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Delfs was born in Flensburg, Germany, on August 30, 1959, and was something of a...