Hans-Georg Kaiser was born in Stuttgart in 1961. Whilst studying in Freiburg and Trossingen (musical pedagogy, violin and choral conducting), he was busy as a violinist and first met Petra Müllejans and Gottfried von der Goltz.

His increasing interest in music management led him to the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi/BMG Classics label, where he was responsible for organising the ‘Musik auf Schloss Kirchheim’ festival and for marketing special projects. He has been active for the musicians of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra since the summer of 1989, as Orchestra Manager for many years and now Managing Director.

He has initiated and implemented many important changes in this internationally successful orchestra during the more than 20 years that he has been active: a professional management for an orchestra, which grew rapidly from its student roots; sponsorship by the state of Baden-Württemberg and the city of Freiburg as a ‘professional orchestra’; worldwide tours and productions – also with famous soloists and conductors; its own concert series at the Freiburg Concert Hall, Stuttgart’s Liederhalle and Berlin’s Philharmonie; as well as the extremely productive collaboration with the Harmonia mundi France label.

As Managing Director of the Society of Friends of the Baden-Württemberg Ensemble Academy and the Foundation of the same name, Hans-Georg Kaiser is a driving force behind completion of the Ensemble House Freiburg project – the future rehearsal house for the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and ensemble recherche, and home of the Ensemble Academy Freiburg. He is also a member of the University Council of the prestigious Freiburg College of Music.