Oscar Jockel combines an international conducting career with a wide-ranging practice as a composer. On the podium, his repertoire spans symphonic, operatic and contemporary music. His own compositions encompass chamber and orchestral works, electronic music and music theatre. Oscar joins the Althafen Foundation’s Artist in Spotlight programme for 2026/2027 as his international career gathers momentum.

From 2022 to 2024, Oscar served as Assistant Conductor to Kirill Petrenko at the Berliner Philharmoniker and as a conducting fellow of the Karajan Academy. He also worked with Ensemble intercontemporain under Matthias Pintscher at the Philharmonie de Paris. In 2023, he received the Herbert von Karajan Prize for his achievements as a conductor and composer.

Oscar’s conducting engagements have included the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Münchner Philharmoniker, Brussels Philharmonic and Camerata Salzburg. His 2026/2027 season features debuts with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and at Opernhaus Zürich. In January 2027, Oscar takes up the positions of Principal Conductor of Remix Ensemble and Conductor in Residence at Casa da Música in Porto.

As a composer, Oscar has received commissions from the Wiener Musikverein, Gewandhausorchester, Bruckner Orchester Linz and Quatuor Diotima, among others. He was the first Composer in Residence at the Brucknerhaus Linz in the 2020/2021 season and studied conducting and composition in Salzburg, Graz and Paris.

Through the Artist in Spotlight programme, the Althafen Foundation supports Oscar Jockel as he develops his artistic ideas, works with new collaborators and brings projects to the stage.