臺北市立交響樂團

歌劇雜誌
「...管弦樂的襯和－引人注目、令人回味、強烈的描繪－在這戲劇性的一景扮演重要的角色。在人聲和管弦樂之間取得典範般的平衡，是魏因貝格作品最強烈的特色，湯瑪斯．桑德霖精湛的指揮下，在這裡被精彩的複製。」
－克里斯多福．巴蘭坦
維也納國家歌劇院《魔笛》
「...這位從柏林來的新指揮，給了我們一個奧妙的莫札特...驚為天人！」
－維也納信使報（Wiener Kurier）
湯瑪斯．桑德霖成長於聖彼得堡，正是其父－知名指揮家庫特．桑德霖（Kurt Sanderling）擔任常任指揮的聖彼得堡愛樂樂團的所在地。他畢業於聖彼得堡音樂院，並繼續在柏林音樂學院學習指揮，24歲時擔任哈雷歌劇院的音樂總監。25歲時，他就曾指揮過東德所有頂尖的管弦樂團和歌劇院，包括德勒斯登國立歌劇院樂團和萊比錫布商大廈管弦樂團等。他在柏林喜歌劇院的演出，贏得了柏林評論人獎。他錄製蕭斯塔科维奇的《米開朗基羅組曲》（首演錄音）的專輯，使他成為指揮家卡拉揚與伯恩斯坦的助理指揮。1980年代初期，他成為柏林國家歌劇院的常任客席指揮，也讓他在維也納國家歌劇院首次登臺演出的《魔笛》大獲成功。維也納國家歌劇院立即邀請他指揮《費加洛婚禮》－在偉大的指揮家卡爾‧貝姆去世後首度再次製作這齣歌劇。他曾贏得了許多大賽首獎，並且以指揮德國、俄羅斯及法國管弦樂曲目聞名於世。
他曾指揮的管弦樂團有：
BBC蘇格蘭交響樂團、巴爾的摩交響樂團、巴伐利亞廣播交響樂團、挪威卑爾根愛樂、伯恩茅斯交響樂團、捷克愛樂、達拉斯交響樂團、柏林德意志交響樂團、德勒斯登國立歌劇院樂團、德勒斯登愛樂、萊比錫布商大廈管弦樂團、英國哈雷管弦樂團、赫爾辛基愛樂、柏林音樂廳管弦樂團、倫敦愛樂、蒙特婁交響樂團、北德廣播交響樂團、奧斯陸愛樂管絃樂團、愛樂管弦樂團、匹茲堡交響樂團、皇家利物浦愛樂、英國皇家愛樂、荷蘭廣播愛樂、皇家斯德哥爾摩愛樂、聖彼得堡愛樂、莫斯科柴科夫斯基廣播交響樂團、溫哥華交響樂團、科隆西德廣播交響樂團。他也是德國各廣播管弦樂團的常任客席指揮、新西伯利亞愛樂樂團的首席客席指揮、俄羅斯國家愛樂樂團的首席客席指揮，以及大阪交響樂團獎授他終身桂冠音樂總監，並在與這個樂團合作中，三年內贏得了兩次大阪評論家大獎。
他曾指揮的蕭斯塔科维奇曲目首演：
長久以來，他與蕭斯塔科维奇及其家人關係緊密，且與其遺孀伊莉娜‧蕭斯塔科维奇也有密切合作。由於他贏得東德的指揮大賽，因此應葉夫蓋尼‧史維特拉諾夫的邀請，在莫斯科指揮俄羅斯國家交響樂團的演出，進而認識了德米特里‧蕭斯塔科维奇。他的表現令蕭斯塔科維奇印象深刻，委託他將第13號和第14號交響曲的翻譯成德文，並指揮了這兩個作品的德國首演。他還指揮了《米開朗基羅組曲》的世界首演錄音，並在隨後的兩首英國歌曲首演音樂會，負責撰寫原始英文文本：六首英國浪漫詩和英美民間歌曲，在慕尼黑巴伐利亞廣播交響樂團合作，兩首皆為現場錄音，並在2012年由Orfeo唱片發行。在伊莉娜‧蕭斯塔科维奇的遊說下，編製了義大利原始版本的《米開朗基羅組曲》並提獻給她。
Thomas Sanderling
Conductor
Opera Magazine
“…Orchestral accompaniment-compelling , evocative, strongly delineating - is a vital part of the dramatic action.An exemplary balance between voices and orchestra is a striking feature of Weinberg’s score, and under Thomas Sanderling’s masterful direction is thrillingly reproduced here. ”
Christopher Ballantine
Wiener Staatsoper - Die Zauberflöte
“…a new conductor from Berlin gave us a Mozart full of mysteries…Astonishing!”
- Wiener Kurier
He grew up in St Petersburg, where his father, the celebrated conductor Kurt Sanderling, was permanent conductor of the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He graduated from the Music School of the Leningrad Conservatory and went on to study conducting at the Hochschule für Musik in East Berlin, becoming Music Director of the Halle Opera at 24 years old. By his mid-twenties he was conducting in all East Germany’s principal orchestras and opera houses, including the Dresden Staatskapelle and the Leipzig Gewandhaus and won the Berlin Critic’s Prize for his opera performances at the Komische Oper Berlin. His CD of Shostakovich’s Michelangelo Suite (premiere recording) directly lead to his becoming assistant to both Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein. In the early 1980s he became permanent guest conductor of the Deutsche Staatsoper Unter Den Linden, which led to his successful debut at the Wiener Staatsoper, conducting Die Zauberflöte. Immediately afterwards the Wiener Staatsoper invited him to conduct Le Nozze di Figaro – the first performance after the death of the great Karl Böhm. He has won many prizes and a competition and is particularly renowned for the German, Russian and French orchestral repertory.

Among the orchestras he has conducted are:
BBC Scottish; Baltimore Symphony; Bayerische Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra; Bergen Philharmonic; Bournemouth Symphony; Czech Philharmonic; Dallas Symphony; Deutsches Symphonie Orchester; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden Philharmonic; Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig; Halle Orchestra UK; Helsinki Philharmonic; Konzerthausorchester Berlin; London Philharmonic; Montreal Symphony; NDR Hamburg Symphony Orchestra; Oslo Philharmonic; Philharmonia Orchestra; Pittsburg Symphony; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Royal Philharmonic; Radio Philharmonic Hilversum; Royal Stockholm; St Petersburg Philharmonic; Tchaikowsky Radio Symphony, Moscow; Vancouver Symphony; WDR Symphony Cologne. He is also a regular guest conductor of radio orchestras in Germany. He is principal guest conductor of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and the Osaka Symphony awarded him the title of Music Director Laureate for his Lifetime. With this Orchestra he won the Grand Prix of the Osaka Critics twice in three years.
Shostakovich Premieres he has conducted:
He has enjoyed a close relationship with Shostakovich and his family for many years and still works in close collaboration with Irina Shostakovich. He originally met Dmitri Shostakovich whilst making his Moscow debut, conducting the State Orchestra of Russia, on the invitation of Evgeny Svetlanov, as a result of winning a conducting competition in East Germany. Greatly impressed, Shostakovich entrusted him with the translation into German of the texts of the 13th and 14th Symphonies and he conducted the German premieres of both works. He also conducted the world premiere recording of the Michelangelo Suite followed by a concert of the premiere of two British song cycles for which he was responsible for setting the original English text:
Six Romances on Verses of British Poets and Anglo-American folk Songs, with the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio in Munich, both recorded live and released on the Orfeo Label in 2012. At the instigation of Irina Shostakovich he made an Italian original version of the Michelangelo Suite, which is dedicated to her.