Golo Berg

“(...) It had lots to do with the man on the podium that the Jazz guests got along splendidly with the classic Symphonics: Golo Berg switched repeatedly from capellmeister to bandleader this evening, he just put away the baton and conducted resiliently but decisively with his empty hand. Presenting the concert, he also focused on the second protagonist of the evening, the American Leroy Anderson, which not only brought about some nonchalant bridges, but also true information. The musicians, eventually, were audibly inspired by their boss’s and audience’s enjoyment. (…)”
(Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 06.03.09)

“(…) In the second symphony concert of the Schleswig-Holstein Symphony Orchestra guest conductor Golo Berg served an Italian hors-d’oeuvre that melted in the mouth: Rossini’s overture to the opera Semiramide, played breezily and fluffily.”
(Kieler Nachrichten, 14.11.08)

“ (…) The audience showed enthusiasm for Franz Schubert’s Symphony n. 6, interpreted straighly and with verve by Golo Berg.”
(Flensborg Avis, 14.11.08)

“ (…) From the beginning Golo Berg lead his men quite easily though the score. Thus always new wonderful phrases were peeled of Rossinis overture to “Semiramide”. (…) Finally Schubert’s Symphony n. 6 offered space to present the orchestra in top form. Berg conducted tightly. His musicians followed and spread out the thematic richness of this composition in a wonderful way.”
(Schleswiger Nachrichten, 14.11.08)

"General Music Director Golo Berg leads the Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau to a richly nuanced music making and prevents bloated pathos. An elastic string sound unites with a cultivated sound of the wood and also the brass winds."
(Werner Wolf, Neues Deutschland, 29.10.08)

"Under the direction of Golo Berg the evening increasingly won action, tension and determination, the cheerful musical comedy mutated into a projecting oratorio. With a secure hand he hold the soloists, choir and his alert orchestra together."
(Ute van den Sanden, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 26.10.08)

"At the music stand the fabulous Golo Berg holds together everything in the best possible way and besides arranges for an always transparent, elastic sound suitable to 'Parsifal' (...) If this work had been performed in Bayreuth - certainly it would be called a 'Parsifal of the century'."
(Kirsten Liese, Giessener Allgemeine Zeitung, 05.05.08)

"He has captured the wit, character and intelligence of the music of Kurt Weill with much sensitivity, style security and sovereignity and brought it energically to sound (...)"
(Dr. Dieter David Scholz, MDR Figaro am Morgen, 25.02.06)

"The general view proved once again that GMD Golo Berg is a good disposer, who knows how to guide securly a onehunderd musicians orchestra even on this breakneck course [Gustav Mahler, 3rd Symphony]"
(Johannes Kullyen, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 11.10.05)