Andreas Delfs (born 30 August 1959) is a German conductor. He is the conductor laureate of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. 　　Delfs was born in Flensburg, West Germany. He began studying piano and music theory at age five, and by age twenty was named Music Director of the Hamburg University Orchestra. Delfs graduated from Hamburg Conservatory in 1981, and earned his master's at Juilliard School of Music in 1984. At Hamburg, Delfs studied under Aldo Ceccato and Christoph von Dohnanyi. After receiving his Master's, he accepted the post of Assistant Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, then under the music directorship of Lorin Maazel. From 1984 to 1995 he also held the position of chief conductor of the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra (SYSO).