Markus Huber was born in in Munich, Germany. He began his professional career as a boy soprano soloist with the Tölzer Knabenchor (1975-1982). Hghlights of this early career development time were performances with Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Nicolaus Harnoncourt and Dennis Russel Davies.
He studied at the Musikhochschule in Munich and Vienna with Leopold Hager (conducting), Karl-Hermann Mrongovius (piano), and others. During his studies, he was répétiteur for August Everding’s stage direction class and taught other students the art of piano accompaniment for soloists.
He began his conducting career in 1996 as répétiteur and conductor at the Landestheater Detmold. A year later, he was appointed to the same roles and to be director of the second chorus of Opernhaus Chemnitz. He was appointed principal conductor of the Collegium Instrumentale Chemnitz in 1999. Between 2002 and 2007, he was principal guest conductor of the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra, and in 2003 he became principal conductor of Westsächsisches Sinfonieorchester Leipzig. From 2008 he was the Music Director of Opera Pforzheim.
By invitation, Markus Huber has conducted numerous renowned orchestras, including the Münchner Symphoniker, Hamburger Symphoniker, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, das ORF- Symphonieorchester, Radiophilharmonie Saarbrücken, Johann-Strauß Ensemble Linz, numerous orchestras in the USA, such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Turku Philharmonic, and orchestras in Tokyo, Singapur and Kuala Lumpur.
Since the season 2019/20, he is the new Chief Conductor of the Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach. Guest engagements lead him, among others, to the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, and the Jenaer Philharmonie.
Markus Huber devotes a significant part of his time to the work of Richard Wagner. In 2013 he made his debut with Tristan und Isolde in New Orleans, followed by the Ring cycle excerpts with the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz in 2014 and Lohengrin in Pforzheim in 2015. In 2013 a CD was also released with the Badische Philharmonie with works by Mozart and Reger. The CD received a very positive response in professional circles.
