Eckehard Stier has attracted considerable attention as one of the outstanding conductors working today. He was music director of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, the Opera House Görlitz and Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie.

He has appeared with major orchestras all over the world including the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Tokyo Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie and the Athens State Orchestra among others.

Eckehard Stier has developed fruitful relationships with soloists such as Alina Ibragimova, Nicolas Altstaedt, Chloë Hanslip, Ragna Schirmer, Natalia Lomeiko, Gilles Apap, Cédric Tiberghien, Nikolai Demidenko and Andreas Boyde.

Stier has built strong audience and critical support for his distinguished performances as well as his championing of contemporary and lesser-known masterworks. In addition to the established repertoire he conducts many works of composers such as John Corigliano, Christopher Rouse, Paul Schoenfield and Mieczysław Karłowicz.