German native Elisabeth Streichert is a conductor and pianist based in the UK. She is currently studying a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

Elisabeth regularly holds the position of Assistant Conductor with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and has worked with conductors including Kristiina Poska, Alpesh Chauhan, Nicolas Pasquet and David Hill. She has participated in the International Masterclass Berlin with Colin Metters and was appointed Assistant Conductor for a performance of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde with the London Opera Company under the direction of Peter Selwyn.

She is working with a variety of chamber and symphony orchestras across London and the UK, including the Blackfriars Rehearsal Orchestra and Lambeth Orchestra. She is also the conductor and curator of the Little London Music School’s Big Concerts, a new family concert series for children up to the age of eight and their families, and has founded a rehearsal orchestra, the Ad Hoc Players.  

As a pianist, Elisabeth received her musical education at the Musikhochschule Lübeck and pursued further studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she received a Master of Arts degree with Distinction and was awarded the Andrew Sykes Award.

Her work as a performer has taken her to stages such as Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Laeiszhalle Hamburg and Harpa in Iceland as well as Rittergut Lucklum with a live radio broadcast on Deutschland Radio Kultur. 

As an active chamber musician, Elisabeth is a member and founder of the Phacelia Ensemble. The Phacelia Ensemble comprises five stringed instruments and piano to give voice to the idea of ‘Concertos in Miniature,’ which aims to perform piano concertos transcribed by Elisabeth for alternative/smaller venues to present the audience with a more intimate sound experience. The programme is always paired with large-scale chamber music works, such as piano quintets, piano quartets and string quartets to show the relationship between these two genres. 

Elisabeth’s work focuses on collaboration, clear musical communication, and on connecting performers and audiences.