As an artist with a declared interest in the relationship of overlapping genres and styles of music, the conductor Frank Strobel, born in Munich in 1966, has concerned himself with the classical and romantic repertoire and the music of the twentieth century, as well as the broader field of music and film. He has conducted first performances of works by Franz Schreker, Alexander Zemlinsky and Siegfried Wagner as well as a series of premières of more recent music theatre works. In addition to his concert activity Frank Strobel has an international reputation as a film director and is an artistic adviser for music and film festivals. Until 1998 he was Principal Conductor of the Babelsberg German Film Orchestra, and since 2000 has been Artistic Director of the European Film Philharmonic, of which he is a co-founder.