He has launched numerous new formats such as the Prater Picnic, the Wiener Advent, and the Primavera da Vienna festival in Trieste, and appointed Petr Popelka as Chief Conductor. Previously, Nast served as Orchestra Director of the Saxon State Orchestra Dresden for 22 years, working with Giuseppe Sinopoli and Christian Thielemann as Principal Conductors. Born in East Berlin in 1965, Nast studied horn at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin and, until 1995, cultural management in Ludwigsburg.

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