Alfred Eschwe was born in 1949 in Vienna where he later attended the Vienna Conservatory in order to study piano, violin and conducting. From 1972 to 1975 he studied at the Vienna Academy of Music with Professor Hans Swarowsky. After a series of engagements in musical theatres throughout Austria and Germany he was appointed in 1989 as permanent conductor of the Vienna Volksoper. He has conducted many distinguished orchestras including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.