Kaspar Zehnder comes from the foothills of the Bernese Alps in the canton of Berne, in Switzerland. He has been principal conductor of the Philharmonie Hradec Králové (CZ) since 2018 and of the Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn (CH) since 2012.

After schools until the Matura in classical-linguistic direction, he studied flute and conducting in Bern, Paris, Siena and at the European Mozart Academy. From 1999-2020 he was Artistic Director of the Murten Classics Festival and from 2004 to 2012 Musical Director at the Zentrum Paul Klee.

As a flutist, he regularly goes on chamber music tours with Magdalena Kožená, Sir Simon Rattle and other friends.

Kaspar Zehnder conducts leading orchestras throughout Europe. His repertoire includes countless symphonic and vocal works from the great oratorios of J.S. Bach to the ensemble music of our time and includes almost the entire symphonic output of the Classical and Romantic periods, with an emphasis on all that is unknown, new and newly discovered.