The Hamburg-born Mark Rohde has been Music Director of the Mecklenburg State Theatre in Schwerin and the Mecklenburg State Orchestra since 2020. In the summer of 2025, he will take up the position of Music Director at the Mainfranken Theatre in Würzburg.
He has conducted renowned ensembles such as the Munich Philharmonic, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, and the Lithuanian National Philharmonic. He regularly collaborates with acclaimed soloists such as Antje Weithaas, Nils Mönkemeyer, and Maximilian Hornung. Guest engagements have taken him to the Nuremberg State Theatre, Bonn Opera, Kassel State Theatre, and the Theatre St. Gallen. Several tours have also brought him to Asia.
After studying violin in Frankfurt am Main and conducting under Prof. Christof Prick in Hamburg, Mark Rohde began his career as a répétiteur and conductor. In 2011, he became First Kapellmeister at the Hanover State Opera, where his repertoire included major Italian operas as well as late Romantic and contemporary works. In Hanover, he collaborated with renowned singers such as Thomas Hampson, Neil Shicoff, and Bryn Terfel. In 2019, he moved to the National Theatre Mannheim as Deputy General Music Director.
In 2022, Mark Rohde released his first CD featuring works by composer Emilie Mayer on the label Dabringhaus und Grimm. In 2023, he conducted the premiere of Giselle at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. In 2024, he conducted the Gewandhaus Orchestra at the Leipzig Opera in performances of La Bohème, Hänsel und Gretel, and during the Leipzig Opera Ball. In September 2024, Mark Rohde served as jury president for the prestigious International Aeolus Wind Competition in Düsseldorf.
In 2024, he also conducted the central ceremony for German Unity Day and the ZDF broadcast Christmas with the Federal President.
Mark Rohde is also dedicated to contemporary music. He has been a guest several times at the Munich Biennale and has conducted world premieres by composers such as Jörg Widmann, Giorgio Battistelli, Peter Michael Hamel, and Klaus Lang.