Klajner has won several international competitions (Min-On competition in Tokyo, Masterplayer in Lugano, Vienna Chamber Orchestra and Jecklin competitions in Zurich).
He began his career as first Kapellmeister in Bienne (Switzerland) before being appointed Generalmusikdirektor in Stralsund in Western Pomerania at the age of 26 and then, from 1996 to 1998, he held the same position in Hof, Bavaria and, from 2000 to 2005 in Würzburg (Bavaria) where he was also artistic director of the Mozart Festival.
At the same time, he is pursuing an international career: as a permanent guest conductor at Dortmund and the Bern Opera, he also conducted the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester on a tour of Spain, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra on a tour of Austria and performs regularly in Japan and the United States.
From 2005 to 2011, he was music and artistic director of the Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse and since the 2010–2011 season, he has been principal Guest Conductor of the Hofer Symphoniker.
He has been teaching orchestral conducting at the Vienna Conservatory as a guest professor since 2002.
Discography
With the Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse, he has recorded two albums: one dedicated to the French and Italian lyrical repertoire with Maria-Riccarda Wesseling, the other in homage to Norbert Glanzberg.
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