Konrad Leitner studied in Vienna and his first engagement was with the Vienna State Opera. He has served as an assistant at the Salzburg and Bayreuth Festivals and in the former as accompanist in song recitals. He enjoys a busy career as a conductor at home and abroad, including work for radio and for television. Since 1987 he has been employed as a conductor by the Vienna Volksoper, where he has directed The Merry Widow, Tiefland, Gasparone and The Magic Flute, with the first and last of these at the State Opera during the summer season. In 1989 he conducted performances of The Merry Widow and The Gypsy Baron in Japan and in 1990 he conducted Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Marrakesh. He has served as conductor and pianist with the Vienna Mozart Orchestra since 1986 and in 1988 toured with the orchestra in Japan.
