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CONSTANTINE ORBELIAN
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“Constantine Orbelian stands astride two great societies, and finds and promotes synergistic harmony from the best of each.”(Fanfare) For over 25 years the brilliant American pianist /conductor has been a central figure in Russia’s musical life — as Music Director of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and the Philharmonia of Russia, and as frequent guest conductor with other illustrious Russian orchestras. He toured with American stars in Russian music centers, and Russian stars in North American music centers, and extended these splendid collaborations to tours in Europe, UK, Japan, Korea, and other music capitals throughout the world.
Orbelian’s appointment in 1991 as Music Director of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra was a breakthrough event: he is the first American ever to become music director of an ensemble in Russia. This “American in Moscow” is well known as a tireless champion of Russian-American cultural exchange and international ambassadorship through his worldwide tours. In January 2004, Orbelian was awarded the coveted title “Honored Artist of Russia,” a title never before bestowed on a non-Russian citizen.
“Orbelian has star quality, and his orchestra plays with passion and precision,” The Audio Critic wrote of his acclaimed series of over 30 recordings on Delos. Among his concert and televised appearances are collaborations with stars Ewa Podles, Sondra Radwanovsky, Lawrence Brownlee, Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and with Van Cliburn in Cliburn's sentimental return to Moscow. Opera News calls Orbelian “the singer’s dream collaborator,”and commented that he conducts vocal repertoire “with the sensitivity of a lieder pianist.” Orbelian’s frequent collaborations with Hvorostovsky include repertoire from their Delos recordings “Where Are You, My Brothers?” and "Moscow Nights," featured on many tours and telecasts, including historic live telecasts from Moscow’s Red Square, and also appearances in Hvorostovsky’s annual series of concerts “Hvorostovsky and friends” in Moscow and St.Petersburg. He was also the conductor of another historic Red Square performance of two world opera starts – Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Anna Netrebko – in June 2013.
Orbelian’s first film production, "Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky: An Odyssey in St. Petersburg," was filmed in St. Petersburg's most glorious palaces, and stars Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky in opera scenes and arias. The film is in some ways a culmination of Orbelian's efforts in St. Petersburg, since he is the founder of the annual Palaces of St. Petersburg International Music Festival.
Born in San Francisco to Russian and Armenian emigré parents, Constantine Orbelian made his debut as a piano prodigy with the San Francisco Symphony at the age of 11. After graduating from Juilliard in New York, he embarked on a career as a piano virtuoso that included appearances with major symphony orchestras throughout the U.S., U.K., Europe, and Russia. His recording of the Khachaturian piano concerto with conductor Neeme Järvi won “Best Concerto Recording of the Year” award in the United Kingdom.
Four times Grammy Nominee in the category classical vocal/opera recording :
- in 2014 for the recording of Rossini’s virtuoso arias performed by the American tenor Lawrence Brownlee with the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra (Lithuania) under Constantine Orbelian. It was a remarkable event both for the conductor and the orchestra which he had led since 2013;
- in 2017 for the recording of “Russia cast Adrift” vocal cycle with the great Dmitri Hvorostovsky and St.Petersburg Symphony orchestra under Constantine Orbelian;
- in 2018 for the best opera recording: Verdi’s Rigoletto with the great Dmitri Hvorostovsky and the Kaunas Symphony Orchestra;
- in 2019 for classical arias recording with the American tenor Stephen Costello and the Kaunas Symphony orchestra.
Orbelian’s recordings have also received six ICMA (International Classical Music Award) nominations between 2014 and 2020.
In 2001 Orbelian was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, an award given to immigrants, or children of immigrants, who have made outstanding contributions to the United States. In 2012 he was awarded the Order of Friendship by Russia in recognition of his contribution to promoting Russian culture in and outside the country, and in 2015 – the Order of Friendship by Republic of Armenia.
In November 2017 he received a very special “Concord” prize from the Union of Armenians as the “Pride of the Nation”.
In June 2016 Constantine Orbelian was appointed Artistic Director of the A.Spendiaryan National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Armenia, and in 2017 became its General Director.
AWARDS
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SEBASTIAN LANG-LESSING
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General Music Director, Theater Hagen and Philharmonic Orchestra Hagen (from 2025/26)
Beginning with the 2025/26 season, Sebastian Lang-Lessing will assume the position of General Music Director in Hagen, where he will introduce himself to the audience with new productions of La Traviata and Salome, five symphonic concerts, numerous special concerts, and several education projects. Shortly before taking up his post in Hagen, he will conduct the closing concert of this year’s Dubrovnik Festival with the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra, featuring Nino Machaidze, Vittorio Grigolo, and Marko Mimica.
Korean National Opera 2020–2024 | Music Director Emeritus, San Antonio Symphony
Sebastian Lang-Lessing was appointed Music Director of the Korean National Opera in 2020. Since 2018, he has conducted over twelve new productions there. During the pandemic, he opened the season with Fidelio, in collaboration with visual artist Kevork Mourad, exploring new ways of presenting opera. During his tenure, the KNO Academy was founded, which today supports 18 singers and 4 répétiteurs in their professional development. Lang-Lessing has led the National Opera on national tours and given numerous masterclasses. He made his debut with the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul in a Brahms program and has conducted many of South Korea’s leading orchestras. In 2024, he will tour with the KNO to the Daegu International Opera Festival with Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani, and in October he will debut with the Bucheon Philharmonic.
After ten successful years as Music Director of the San Antonio Symphony, Lang- Lessing was named Music Director Emeritus, allowing him to continue his close relationship with the orchestra and his strong advocacy for the performing arts in South Texas. He played an important role in the creation of the San Antonio Philharmonic. In 2021, he was awarded the title “Hidalgo of the City of San Antonio,” the city’s highest honor.
Recent highlights include performances of his Tristan/Elgar arrangement with cellist István Várdai and the Hungarian National Philharmonic in Budapest and with the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra, conducting the St. Matthew Passionfor the reopening of the renovated Hungarian State Opera, and closing concerts at the Tivoli Festival in Copenhagen with Renée Fleming. In September, he recorded three song cycles by Oliver Gruhn with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra; the CD will also include orchestrations of the last two songs by Richard Strauss, Malven and Nacht.
International Career in Opera and Symphony
A fluent speaker of five languages, Sebastian Lang-Lessing’s curiosity, versatility, and vast repertoire, together with his interest in all cultures, make him a unique artist who has held music director positions on five continents. He has conducted at many of the world’s leading opera houses and orchestras, including Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Palermo, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Washington, Beijing, Seoul, and Cape Town.
He inaugurated Oslo’s iconic opera house with a new production of Porgy and Bess in collaboration with Cape Town Opera, where he later became Music Director. In Paris, he worked with Maurice Béjart on his spectacular interpretation of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, later touring Japan with this production. At the NCPA in Beijing, he conducted China’s first-ever in-house production of a Richard Strauss opera, Der Rosenkavalier.
Lang-Lessing’s symphonic repertoire extends far beyond his German roots. His deep personal connections to the symphonies of Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Beethoven can be heard in numerous recordings and concerts. He also has strong affinities with French, Russian, Italian, American, and contemporary repertoire and regularly conducts major symphony orchestras across all five continents. His friendships with composers such as Detlev Glanert, Brett Dean, and Stewart Copeland have led to many new commissions and world premieres. He shares a close artistic partnership with Renée Fleming, documented in their joint Decca album Guilty Pleasures.
Deutsche Oper Berlin 1993–2001
After his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lang-Lessing was appointed Resident Conductor by Götz Friedrich, becoming the youngest artist to hold this position. He conducted an extensive repertoire of new productions and revivals, including the final production of his mentor Götz Friedrich. The opportunity to conduct hundreds of performances at a young age, working with leading international singers and directors, proved formative for his artistic development. In 2010, he conducted Philip Stölzl’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s Rienzi, released on DVD.
Music Director, Nancy, Opéra National and Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique 1998–2006
As Music Director in Nancy, he elevated the ensemble to national standing, transforming it into the “Opéra National de Lorraine.” With this orchestra, he rediscovered the late-Romantic French repertoire and recorded an award-winning cycle of the symphonies of Guy Ropartz. As a passionate educator, he launched several initiatives and concert formats for children and young audiences.
Chief Conductor, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra 2004–2011
During his tenure, Lang-Lessing strengthened the orchestra’s profile in Classical, early-Romantic, and contemporary repertoire. He established an annual concert cycle in Sydney and led the orchestra on national and international tours, soon making it the most recorded orchestra in Australia. In close collaboration with Brett Dean, the orchestra produced a collection of 20 CDs featuring works by Australian composers. Lang-Lessing’s recordings of the symphonies of Schumann, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Schubert document the ensemble’s exceptional artistry. He also championed conducting education in Australia through masterclasses with the TSO and at ANAM in Melbourne.
Music Director, San Antonio Symphony 2009–2020
Lang-Lessing founded an annual festival in San Antonio involving more than 20 performing arts organizations, showcasing his creative programming and collaborative vision. He inaugurated the new Tobin Center with Renée Fleming in Strauss’s Four Last Songs, later returning with a new production of Salome starring Patricia Racette. His project 14 American Preludes, featuring works by composers from both America and Europe, celebrated the orchestra’s 75th anniversary and cultural diversity.
He introduced a Baroque series that integrated opera, commissioned new works, and programmed composer cycles, broadening the orchestra’s repertoire and stylistic versatility. Lang-Lessing built strong ties between the orchestra and international artists, raising San Antonio’s profile as a cultural hub in Texas. Frequent guest artists included Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Vadim Gluzman, Olga Kern, Susan Graham, Renée Fleming, Kirill Gerstein, Lynn Harrell, Lang Lang, and Augustin Hadelich, many of whom share close artistic friendships with him.
Repertoire
Through his international career, Lang-Lessing has built an extensive repertoire of more than 80 operas and symphonic works spanning all eras from the Baroque to contemporary music.
Teaching and Jury Activities
Lang-Lessing is in demand worldwide as a teacher of masterclasses. During his time in Australia, he gave conducting classes with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and collaborated with ANAM in Melbourne on numerous projects, concerts, and workshops. He regularly teaches at the Brevard Festival, working with students from across the United States. Recently, he has given masterclasses within the “Talent Norge” program for young conductors with the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra and with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. At the KNO Academy, which he founded, he regularly teaches in Seoul.
In January 2025, he returns for another masterclass with the Lithuanian National Orchestra, and in March he will once again work on orchestral projects at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University in Bloomington.
He has served as a jury member at numerous competitions, including the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang, the Olga Kern International Piano Competition, and as President of the Gurwitz International Piano Competition in San Antonio, Texas.
Education and Awards
Sebastian Lang-Lessing studied piano in Essen with Detlev Kraus and in Lübeck with Wilhelm Rau. He studied conducting in Hamburg with Klaus-Peter Seibel, in Vienna with Karl Österreicher, and in Bucharest with Constantin Bugeanu. In 1990, after his debut concert at the Berlin Philharmonie, he was awarded the prestigious Ferenc Fricsay Prize. He became assistant to Gerd Albrecht at the Hamburg State Opera and was a fellow of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation. One year later, he became First Kapellmeister in Rostock.
His discography for various labels is available on Spotify and Apple Music.
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CHIYA AMOS
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Chiya Amos is a multifaceted Singapore artist, recognized for his work as a conductor, composer, pianist, writer, sociologist, and environmental advocate. He is currently the conductor of the Hirodai Symphony Orchestra, principal conductor of the Kurahashi East-West Music Festival, and artistic advisor for the Hiroshima Tafel Orchestra. At the same time, he holds the position of Research Fellow in Sustainability Science at Hiroshima University and is a Representative of the International Council of Environmental Law.
Known for his remarkable versatility in opera, ballet, and symphonic conducting, Chiya has worked professionally with opera theatres and orchestras in Japan, U.S.A, U.K., Mexico, Iceland, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Finland, Kazkhstan, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, and Russia. In the most recent seasons he has worked with the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre North Ossetia-Alania, Buryat Opera and Ballet Theatre, Tokyo Opera Nomori, Glanz Philharmonic, Eudaimonia Orchestra, TRUST Orchestra, Tokyo-Harusai Orchestra, St. Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra, Togliatti Symphony Orchestra, Tomsk Symphony Orchestra, and others. He was also a guest conductor at several music festivals, including the Spring Festival in Tokyo, International Musical Olympus Festival, Estivals de Musique en Medoc, Indonesia Orchestras and Ensembles Festival, and the Singapore International Festival of Music. In 2019, Chiya was the first foreign conductor invited to conduct the opening performance, Rigoletto, at the Lkhasaran Linkhovoin Opera Festival in Russia.
Chiya won the first prize at the 2nd St. Petersburg Open International Conducting Competition, and was a prize winner at the 2019 Ilya Musin International Competition for Young Conductors and a two-time recipient of the FJ Benjamin-Singapore Symphony Orchestra Bursary Award. He was personally selected by Riccardo Muti to work with him on the operas of Verdi at the Spring Festival in Tokyo from 2019-2021, where he made his debut in Tokyo with Macbeth and also conducted Verdi’s Rigoletto.
Chiya studied composition and piano at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire with a Trinity College of Music scholarship, conducting at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Leonid Korchmar, in Perm with Teodor Currentzis, as well as operatic conducting and vocal coaching at the Tokyo Italian Opera Academy with Riccardo Muti in 2019/21. He was assistant conductor at the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre in 2020, and assistant conductor to Yan Pascal Tortelier with both the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic in 2016/2017. From 2018-2020 he was Regular Guest Conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre North Ossetia-Alania, and the Buryat Opera and Ballet Theatre.
In addition to his conducting work, Chiya is dedicated to cultural, environment, and community resilience and revitalization. Recognising his research in social and cultural sustainability, Chiya became the first professional musician and conductor to be appointed to the International Council of Environmental Law as a Representative (Music and Culture) in 2021, and to be awarded the Hiroshima University Research Fellowship (Doctoral) in the field of sustainability science for a three-year period from 2022-2025, where his research field focuses on cultural sociology and human geography.
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SLOBODAN BEGIĆ
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Slobodan Begić is a conductor, violinist, and composer born in Dubrovnik, where he completed his secondary education focused on violin studies. He earned his degree in violin performance from the Zagreb Music Academy and later pursued conducting studies at the Sarajevo Music Academy. His professional journey kicked off in 1987 at the Marin Držić Theater in Dubrovnik, where he worked as a composer and music producer. In 1988, he became an active concert performer, collaborating with various quartets and chamber orchestras such as the Sorkočević Quartet, Dubrovnik String Quartet, and Dubrovnik Chamber Orchestra. Their performances took them across Europe, including Italy, Austria, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, and Hungary. In 1989, Begić became a member of the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, initially as the principal second violinist. In 1996, he assumed the role of artistic director of the Mostar Symphony Orchestra, leading them to numerous successful performances and guest appearances in Italy and Austria. Transitioning from orchestral work to education, Begić became a professor at the Luka Sorkočević Art School, teaching violin and conducting. In 2013, he also became the conductor of the youth orchestra, guiding them to numerous performances and competition wins throughout Croatia. Begić’s conducting repertoire includes engagements with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, Mostar Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Sarajevo Music Academy, Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Dubrovnik Chamber Orchestra. Taking the initiative, Slobodan Begić spearheaded a compelling project to bring opera to Dubrovnik. Teaming up with Opera Panonica from Osijek and the youth orchestra, he staged a series of acclaimed productions at the Marin Držić Theatre in Dubrovnik. These included Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte”, “Don Giovanni”, and “The Marriage of Figaro”, as well as Pergolesi’s “La serva padrona”, Donizetti’s “Rita” and “L’elisir d’amore”, and Mozart’s “Bastien und Bastienne”. Beyond his operatic ventures, Begić has conducted numerous symphonic concerts, earning accolades from both critics and audiences. His remarkable contributions to the music scene have been acknowledged with several awards, including the City of Dubrovnik Award for his role in promoting the city internationally.
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MIKICA JEVTIC
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Mikica Jevtic was born in 1977, in Horb (Germany). In 2003 he graduated from the National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv, majoring in Conducting under professor Alin Vlasenko, and Accordion under professor Pavel Fenyuk.
From 2001 to 2003 he was engaged as the conductor of the Dnyepropetrovsk Symphony Orchestra and Opera Theatre in Ukraine. He performed in Spain, Poland, Germany, Portugal, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Israel. He has had numerous concerts with the National Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra.
From 2010 until present he is employed as the house conductor of the Serbian National Theater Opera Orchestra in Novi Sad. He cooperates with the Zrenjanin Philharmonic, the Zrenjanin Chamber Orchestra, the Institute of Culture of Vojvodina, the Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, the contemporary music ensemble "2K+", the Niš Revue Orchestra “Impresija”, Subotica Symphony Orchestra, Krajova and Timisoara Symphony Orchestra. With the Zrenjanin Philharmonic Orchestra he had numerous concerts in halls such as: Vatroslav Lisinski - Zagreb, Cankarjev dom - Ljubljana, Theater Politeama Rossetti - Trieste, Teatro degli Arcimboldi - Milan, Tel Aviv Opera.
He worked with artists such as Zeljko Lucic, Stefan Milenkovic, Kemal Gekic, as well as with ballet artists such as Iana Salenko and Danil Simkin.
Opera repertoire
His opera repertoire so far includes:
P. I. Tchaikovsky (Eugene Onegin, The Queen of Spades), G. Verdi (Nabucco, Rigoletto, La Traviata, The Troubadour, Aida), W. A. Mozart (The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute), N. Rimsky-Korsakov (The Tsar’s Bride), G. Puccini (Madame Butterfly, Tosca), G. Donizetti (Lucia di Lammermoor, L’elisir d’amore), C. Orff (Carmina Burana, a scenic cantata), E. Kálmán (The
Csárdás Princess), S. Divjaković (Vladimir and Kosara).
Ballet repertoire
The artist's current ballet repertoire, for which he received the special praise, includes:
P. I. Tchaikovsky (The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Anna Karenina with Tchaikovsky music), L. Minkus (Don Quixote), M. Theodorakis (Zorba the Greek), A. Adam (Giselle), Sergei Prokofiev (Romeo and Juliet), Louis-Joseph- Ferdinand Hérold (La fille mal gardee).
Awards
He won the first prize at the 1st International Conducting Competition "Stefan Turchak", in Kyiv, in 2006.
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YANNIS POUSPOURIKAS
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Born in Marseille, Yannis Pouspourikas studied at the Conservatoire supérieur de Genève and continued his education as apprentice at the Opernhaus Zürich, where he won unanimous first prize in orchestral conducting.
After his debut in Geneva where he has conducted Die Fledermaus in 1999, he was appointed assistant conductor by Sir Simon Rattle at the Glyndebourne Festival. From 2002 until 2004 he filled the same position at the Opéra National de Paris. In 2004 he was appointed resident conductor of the Orchestre National de Lyon, in addition to which in 2005 he was appointed associate conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, a position he held for four seasons. In September 2008 Yannis Pouspourikas was appointed music director at the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen where he conducts a very diverse repertoire, from Le nozze di Figaro,
Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, Rusalka, Samson et Dalila, Carmen, Nabucco, Aida, La bohème, Turandot, La Juive, to more contemporary titles like Peter Grimes, Candide, Love for Three Oranges, Cinderella, Roméo et Juliette, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Elektra. Until 2017, he was also associated as a conductor with the Aalto-Theater in Essen.
In September 2010, after having replaced Jesus Lopez-Cobos for Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Opéra National de Paris, Yannis Pouspourikas conducted, also at the Opéra National de Paris, Henri Dutilleux’ “Le Loup”, in the presence of the composer.
In the following seasons, the artist returned to the Opernhaus Zürich for a new production of The Nutcracker and to the National Opera in Paris to replace Fabio Luisi in conducting A. Reimann’s opera Lear. He has led the premiere production of L. Eötvös Radames / S. Sciarrino Lohengrin at the Biel-Solothurn Theater in Switzerland, which was later repeated at Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento Teatro Comunale and made his debut in the United States during a tour with fourteen film music concerts. Other important engagements included conducting ballet by B. Asafyeva The Fountain of Bakhchisaray at the National Opera in Budapest, Tosca and Carmen at the Opéra en Plein Air in Paris or the ballet by A. Messager Les deux Pigeons at the National Opera in Paris.
The highlights of the 2020/2021 season for Yannis Pouspourikas are his regular performances at the Theater Erfurt as well as receiving the nomination for the post of the Chief conductor of the Biel Solothurn Symphony Orchestra and the post of the Director of Concerts of the Biel Solothurn Theater Orchestra for the 2022/2023 season.
With operatic, as well as with symphonic repertoire, Yannis Pouspourikas is regularly invited
by the Teatro Real in Madrid, Orchestre philharmonique de Monte–Carlo, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Magyar Állami Operaház in Budapest, Orchestre de la Radio Suisse Italienne, Staatsorchester Braunschweig, Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Dublin Radio Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, National Theatre Mannheim and Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz.
In France, he collaborated with numerous orchestras, such as the Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Orchestre Philarmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Marseille, Orchestre national de Lorraine, Orchestre de Tours, Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, Orchestre philharmonique de Nice, Orchestre Colonne.
Soon, a recording will be released of Dirk d’Ase’s opera l’intruse (libretto by M. Maeterlinck) conducted by Yannis Pouspourikas, commissioned by the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen to commemorate the Nobel Prize for Maurice Maeterlinck.
Currently Yannis Pouspourikas is associated conductor at the Theater Erfurt and Music Director at the Theater Biel Solothurn in Switzerland.
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PREDRAG GOSTA
DIRIGENT
Predrag Gosta has been recognized as one of the most interesting and multi-faceted conductors of his generation. He is the artistic director of New Trinity Baroque, a widely-acclaimed and recorded period-instrument orchestra in London; the music director and chief conductor of the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre in Atlanta, USA; the artistic director and chief conductor of the New Belgrade Opera and the Makris Symphony Orchestra in Serbia; and the artistic director of the Belgrade Early Music Festival and the Belgrade Baroque Academy. He also served as the assistant conductor of the National Philharmonic in Washington DC and was a faculty member at Oxford College of Emory University in Atlanta.
Gosta was initially trained as a violinist, since the age of six, but later continued his studies in singing, harpsichord and conducting. After starting his studies at the Belgrade Music Academy, he continued his undergraduate education in voice and harpsichord at Trinity College of Music in London, where he received a full scholarship together with a full scholarship from the Leverhulme Trust. Subsequently, he finished postgraduate studies also at Trinity, after which he moved to the United States where he received three Master of Music degrees (in voice, choral and orchestral conducting) at Georgia State University in Atlanta. A recipient of a graduate assistantship and several scholarships - including the prestige Regents Opportunity Scholarship - his further studies in conducting were with Gustav Meier (USA), Jorma Panula (Finland), Colin Metters (UK), Ennio Nicotra (Italy), Alexander Polyanichko, Vladimir Ponkin and Andrei Anikhanov (Russia), Jonathan Brett (England), Dejan Savic (Serbia) and Emmanuel Siffert (Switzerland). Currently, Gosta is conducting doctoral research at the Faculty of Music of the University of Oxford and is a Junior Member of the Christ Church in Oxford. His work focuses on the English opera between 1790 and 1850.
Equally at home with the concert, opera or ballet, Predrag Gosta performed in USA, United Kingdom, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Mexico, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro. He collaborated with artists such as sopranos Evelyn Tubb and Juilliane Baird; mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux; contralto Marijana Mijanovic; baroque violinists Florian Deuter, Ilia Korol, John Holloway, Antoinette Lohmann and Ingrid Matthews; recorder virtuosos Marion Verbruggen, Emma Murphy and Karolina Bäter; harpsichordists Steven Devine and Ottaviano Tenerani; lutenists Anthony Rooley and Michael Fields; baroque trumpet players Justin Bland and Nathaniel Mayfield; and many others. He appeared at festivals such as the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, Boston Early Music Festival and Amherst Early Music Festival in the USA; Dartington International Summer School and Festival in the UK; Sastamala Gregoriana Festival in Finland; Korkyra Baroque Festival and Varaždin Baroque Evenings in Croatia; Budva Theatre Festival in Montenegro; and the Belgrade Early Music Festival in Serbia – to mention a few. His guest conducting engagements include renowned orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra in Moscow, the St. Petersburg State Capella "Glinka", the National Philharmonic in Washington DC, and others. He has been engaged as a guest music director in opera houses in Biel and Solothurn (Switzerland), Ruse and in Burgas (Bulgaria), Lexington (KY), Lüneburg (Germany), and his native Belgrade (Serbia), performing operas such as Mozart's "Lucio Silla" and "Mitridate", Puccini's "Madama Butterfly", Handel's "Orlando" as well as Monteverdi's "L'Incoronazione di Poppea" and "L'Orfeo", for which he received the Best Opera Award from the magazine "Musica Classica" as well as the Artist of the Year Award from the Serbian Association of Musicians (UMUS).
Predrag Gosta is an active recording artist with over a dozen recordings to his credit with his period-instrument ensemble New Trinity Baroque (including a critically acclaimed CD of Purcell's opera "Dido & Aeneas"), three with the acclaimed London Symphony Orchestra (produced by the Grammy Award-winning artist Michael Fine and recorded by the Grammy Award-winning engineer Wolf-Dieter Karwatky at the Abbey Road Studios in London), and two with the Makris Symphony Orchestra. As an active educator, he regularly presents masterclasses in historical performance practice and in conducting. Gosta is a member of the Conductor's Guild, the British Harpsichord Society and the Royal College of Organists, among others. He is the President of the Makris Music Society in Washington DC (which promotes the music of composer Andreas Makris), as well as the principal editor of the UrtextEditions.com and the Mediterranean Press.
SELECTIONS FROM THE PRESS:
Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto (Theater Solothurn, 13/04/2018)
Solothurner Zeitung, 16/04/2018
...Als Glücksfall für die Produktion erweist sich Predrag Gosta. Der serbisch-US-amerikanische Dirigent gilt als Spezialist für Alte Musik und erarbeitete die schwierigen, barock angelegten Partien mit seinen Sängerinnen äusserst detailliert, folgte ihnen mit dem spritzigen Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn bis in die kleinste Phrasierung. Fazit: Mozarts Jugendwerk und frühe Seria wurde vom Tobs-Ensemble sehens- und hörenswert aufbereitet.
Silvia Rietz
Berner Zeitung, 16/04/2018
...Das Sinfonie Orchester Biel-Solothurn unter der Leitung von Predrag Gosta serviert ein rhythmisch aufgeladenes und tänzerisch-höfisch verspieltes Mozart-Soufflé der Extraklasse bei dem auch die feinen Töne und einzelne Instrumentensoli transparent aufblitzen.
Peter Wäch
Der Stimme der Kritik, 14/04/2018
...Der Eindruck, den die Produktion hervorruft, wäre nicht so nachhaltig, wenn sich nicht eine Riege von Könnern in ihren Dienst gestellt hätte. Das beginnt mit dem sehr beachtlichen Dirigat des Barockspezialisten Predrag Gosta, der bereits bei "Lucio Silla" vor einem Jahr eine Stimme veranlasst hatte, bei seinem Eintritt in den Orchestergarben nach der Pause "Bravo Maestro!" zu rufen. Dieser Ruf sei hiermit für "Mitridate" nachgeholt... Das Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn, erfahren mit dem Stil des jungen Mozart, spielt engagiert, wach und federnd und führt die Zuhörer zu den überraschenden Schönheiten der Komposition mit der Beiläufigkeit souveräner Maestria. Das Orchester in Mailand kann nicht anders geklungen haben als das der Premiere in Solothurn. Jedenfalls nicht besser...
Michel Schaer
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (New Belgrade Opera / Madlenianum, 18/11/2017)
Musica Classica, 06/02/2018
The Award for the Best Concert Performance in 2017 goes to "L'Orfeo" by Monteverdi, presented by the New Belgrade Opera and Opera-Theatre Madlenianum on November 18, 2017, conducted by Maestro Predrag Gosta.
Aleksandra Paladin
Mozart: Lucio Silla (Theater Solothurn, 21/04/2017; Theater Biel, 08/04/2017)
NZZ am Sonntag, Zürich, 30/04/2017
...Dirigent Predrag Gosta dirigiert Mozarts Frühwerk leichtfüssig und so klug ausgehorcht, dass man die Ohren gar nicht tief genug in den Orchestergraben hineinstecken kann. Das Sinfonieorchester Biel Solothurn nimmt Gostas Ideen begeistert auf...
Christian Berzins
Berner Zeitung, 25/04/2017
...Das Sinfonie-orchester Biel-Solothurn unter der Leitung von Predrag Gosta lässt die Frische dieses selten gespielten Dreiakters in reichen Schattierungen erklingen und wirkt selbst nach zwei Stunden unverbraucht...
Peter Wäch
Solothurner Zeitung, 11/04/2017
Dirigent Predrag Gosta... geleitete das Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn mit Esprit, tänzerischer Dynamik und satten Klangfarben durch die Partitur. Vorwärtsstrebende Musiker im Graben sowie ein homogenes und junges Ensemble auf der Bühne liessen die Produktion auch musikalisch glänzen.
Silvia Rietz
Der Stimme der Kritik, 09/04/2017
...Mit diesem "Lucio Silla" schuf das kleinste Stadttheater der Schweiz den Höhepunkt des Opernjahrs, jedenfalls soweit der Horizont der "Stimme" reicht. Am Champagnertisch treffen sich die Gäste wie in Trance. "Diese Kostüme!", ruft die ehemalige Kostümfrau der Münchner Staatsoper. "Diese Stimmen!", strahlt die Klavierspielerin. "Und erst die Intelligenz, mit der die Räume geschaffen werden!", stellt der Grafiker fest. Man spricht von nichts anderem als vom Glanz dieser Premiere. Dann geht die Vorstellung weiter. Dirigent Predrag Gosta betritt den Orchestergraben. Da ruft eine laut vernehmliche Stimme aus der Galerie: "Bravo, Maestro!" Wenn so viel zusammenkommt, kann man, ohne zu übertreiben, von einem Ereignis reden.
Michel Schaer
Dido and Aeneas (CD, New Trinity Baroque, 2004)
Opera Magazine March 2005
There's clean singing from the choir, and impeccable work from the 13-piece band (including five continuo players). Predrag Gosta shows good musical instincts, and, unlike some period performers, you feel he’s willing to depart from the strict letter of the score if they lead him that way…
Early Music America, October 2009
An excellent 2002 Edition Lilac recording [of Purcell's "Dido & Aeneas"] featuring Predrag Gosta leading the Atlanta-based Chorus and Orchestra of New Trinity Baroque... This is a wonderfully colorful yet always musical performance. It is what Noorman attempted but failed in the Parrott recording. Gosta's ensemble is excellent... the playing is so sensitive and secure. The choral work is excellent, too, with a true sense of character projected by the nameless witches, sailors, and attendants. ...Recording definitely well worth acquiring – a true sleeper.
REPRESENTATIVE OPERATIC REPERTOIRE:
G.F. HANDEL: Acis & Galatea, Orlando, Giulio Cesare, Alcina, Ariodante
C. MONTEVERDI: L’Orfeo, L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria
W.A. MOZART: Lucio Silla, Mitridate, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte
G.B. PERGOLESI: La Serva Padrona
G. PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly, La bohème
H. PURCELL: Dido and Aeneas, King Arthur, The Fairy Queen
S. STORACE: The Siege of Belgrade
G.PH. TELEMANN: Pimpinone
G. VERDI: La traviata, Un ballo in maschera
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DIAN TCHOBANOV
DIRIGENT
Maestro Dian Tchobanov is General Music Director of State Opera – Plovdiv since season 2013 /2014.
He earned his master´s degree at the State Musical Academy (Sofia) and at the University of Performing Arts and Music Vienna, Austria in the class of Proff. Uroš Lajović. The personality of the conductor has been influenced by Sir Colin Davies, Dresden, and Maestro Fabio Luisi in Vienna. Mr. Tchobanov has been awarded with Second and the Special award of "Lovro von Matačić", International Conductors Competition Zagreb in 2003. Spetial Prize of Austro-Ungarian conductors competition in Budapest 1998. Dian Tchobanov becomes Prize “Plovdiv” 2014 – the most prestigious prize in the field if Music in his home city. Since 2009 Maestro Tchobanov is a conductor of the Croatia State Opera in Zagreb. Dian Tchobanov was a Chief Conductor of the Croatia Chamber Orchestra (2012 - 2014); Resident conductor of Vienna Schloss Schönbrunn Orchestra (2004 - 2012).
He has conducted several orchestras:
RSO-Vienna; Orchestra of “Arena di Verona”; RSO-Praha, Budapest FestivalOrchestra;
Dohnanyi Orchestra Budapest; Concert Orchestra Budapest; Philharmonie Baden-Baden;
Schönbrunner Chamber Orchestra, Vienna; RSO-Sofia,National Opera and Ballett, Sofia;
National Theatre Belgrade; Ensemble“Cantus”, Zagreb; B-A-C-H Chamber Orchestra Yekaterinburg, Russia; „Oltenia“ Philharmonic, Craiova, Rumania;Brasov Philharmonic, Rumania; Macedonian opera and ballet, Skopje; Macedonian Philharmonic, Skopje; Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria; Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese; Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Palermo; Orchestra Metropolitana Bari; Astana Opera,Kazakhstan; Albanian National Opera, Tirana; Symphony Orchestra Kurichiba, Brazil and many other.
Dian Tchobanov has been First conductor of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra for 6 seasons and a Chief Conductor of State Opera – Stara Zagora.
Maestro Tchobanov has conducted at several famous music festivals:
“Oper Oder-Spree” Neuzelle, Germany
“Wiener Klangbogen” Vienna, Austria
“Austrian music weeks" Bulgaria
“Varna Summer” Bulgaria
“March Music Days” Russe, Bulgaria
“Songs of life” Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel
“Rijeka summer nights” Croatia
“Music Biennale” Zagreb, Croatia
“Weinklang” - Burgenland, Austria
“Opera and ballet arts” Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
“Opera Open” Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
“IV and V nternational festival of Chamber music” Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2016, 2018
“Palermo Classica” 7th international music festival 2017
"Opatija Tribune" - Croatia 2017
"Festival di Mezza estate" Tagliacozzo, Italy 2018, 2019
"May Opera Evenings" Skopje 2018, 2019
Since 2012 Mr.
Tchobanov has been a permanent guest-professor at East China Normal University
Shanghai, China. Dian Tchobanov works on the stages of big European cities such
as Vienna, Budapest, Verona, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Meiningen, Amsterdam,
Rotterdam, Prague, Zagreb, Porto, Palermo, Skopije; also in Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem, in the USA, Brazil and China.
He was a member in the jury of several international competitions, as:
6th "Lovro von Matačić" International Conductors Competition, Zagreb 2015;
2nd "Antal Dorati" International Conductors Competition, Budapest 2018;
1st " Almaty International conductors competition" Kazakhstan 2019.
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FILIP PAVIŠIĆ
DIRIGENT
Der Dirigent Filip Pavišić wurde in Zagreb/Kroatien geboren, wo er in der Musikschule französisches Horn zu spielen lernte und seine musikalische Ausbildung in diesem Fach genoss, als auch in den Fächern Klavier und Musiktheorie. Filip Pavisic studierte franz.Horn an der Musikakademie in Zagreb und im Anschluß Dirigieren in der Klasse von Vjekoslava Šuteja. Parallel dazu besuchte er Seminare im Fach Dirigieren von Saša Britvića, Krešimir Šipuš, Klaus Arp und Jurij Simonov in Budapest im Jahre 2007 und 2008. Nach seinem Diplom an der Musikakademie in Zagreb, machte er eine zweijährige Fortbildung bei Uroš Lajovic und begann sein Aufbaustudium an der Universität der Musik und darstellenden Kunst in Wien. Während seiner Studienzeit in Wien nahm er an Seminaren von Fabio Luisi und Sir Simon Rattle teil. Gleich nach seinem Studium wurde er an der Staatsoper in Osijek/Kroatien als Dirigent engagiert, dessen Operndirektor er im Jahre 2011 wurde (bis heute). Die erfolgreichsten Produktionen waren vor allem die Premiere der Oper der Komponistin Sanja Drakulić und dem Librettisten Miro Gavran` Kraljevi i konjušari` im Jahre 2011 bei der 26. Musik-Biennale in Zagreb. Nach 31 Jahren Pause schaffte es Filip Pavišić die symphonischen Konzerte wieder auf den Spielplan zu setzen. Auch setzt er sich aktiv dafür ein, das Ballett nach 40 Jahren wieder auf die Bühne des Theaters in Osijek zu bringen. `Der Nussknacker`von Tschaikowsky sei als Beispiel genannt, in dem er mit den Solisten des Balletts des Staatstheaters Zagreb Edina Pličanić und Tomislav Petranović und den Ballett-Solisten des Staatstheaters Split Karpilovska und Mihai Mezei zusammenarbeitet.
Besonders hervorzuheben ist die Premiere Bellinis Oper `Norma`, die bis dato in der 107-jährigen Geschichte des Theaters nie aufgeführt wurde. Für diese Aufführung wird ihm der Preis in der Kategorie für das beste Dirigat und die beste Interpretation zuteil bei der Verteilung der Ehrungen des `Hrvatskoga Glumista`. Für seine Interpretion und Aufführung der Oper `Tosca`von Puccini bekommt er im Jahre 2018 die gleiche Ehrung.
Als Dirigent trat er mit der Zagreber Philharmonie auf, mit dem kroatischen Radio-und Fernsehorchester und Chor, dem Orchester des Staatstheaters Rijeka, der Belgrader Staatsoper, der Philharmonie Witold Lutoslawski, dem Symphonieorchester Dubrovnik, dem Liszt-Wagner Orchester, dem Cantus-Ensemble, dem Kammerorchester Pro Arte, der Philharmonie Sarajevo, dem kroatischen Kammerorchester, dem Kammerorchester Varaždin.
Er trat mit dem Akademie-Chor Ivan Goran Kovačić auf, dem Kammerchor Ivan Filipović, dem Chor und Orchester der Musikakademie in Zagreb. Im Jahre 2011 nimmt er an dem Internationalen Wettbewerb junger Dirigenten Lovro von Matačić teil und plaziert sich im Finale. Er ist mehrfacher Stipendiat des Fondes Lovro und Lilly Matačić.
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DANIEL ABAD CASANOVA
DIRIGENT
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Born in Aspe (Spain), Daniel Abad Casanova is considered one of the most promising Spanish conductors of his generation. Is currently the Music Director of Comunidad Valenciana Chamber Orchestra, the one that has carried out numerous concerts with great success of critique and publicly. Daniel Abad Casanova has an in-depth academic education: studied Piano at the Conservatoire of Music of Alicante and Orchestra Conducting and Choir Conducting at the Conservatoire of Music of Valencia with Maestros Manuel Galduf and Eduardo Cifre, and further expanded studies with Neil Thomson and John Farrer in the Royal School of Music (London ) and with Jorma Panula in Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt (Weimar). Also attends Conducting Workshops with Maestro Jesús López Cobos in Alcalá de Henares University and with Maestro Yaron Traub in Valencia University. The range of his repertoire includes all kinds of works and styles, from early music through to cutting edge contemporary scores. Amongst the conducted orchestras are Albacete Symphony Orchestra, Youth Baroque Orchestra of Comunidad Valenciana, The New Professionals Orquestra (London), Jena Philarmoniker (Germany), Filarmónica “Oltenia” Craiova (Romania), Miguel Hernández University Symphony Orchestra, Ciutat d’Elx Symphonic Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra of Teatro Chapí, City of Llíria Orchestra, etc…
Likewise he has conducted Federacion de Sociedades Musicales de la C. Valenciana Symphonic Band and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Symphonic Band. In 2010 he is selected to take part in the X International Conducting Competition from the Cadaqués Orchestra. During the 2013/14 season conducts The Soldier's Tale (I.STRAVINSKY) in different stages with soloists of City of Llíria Orchestra and choreographed by Toni Aparisi. He has worked with prestigious musicians such as Manuel Ausensi, Antonio Gandía, Simón Orfila, Sandra Pastrana, Aurelio Gabaldón, Alicia García, Carmen Romeu, María Macià, Monserrat Martí, etc… As an operatic and zarzuela conductor, Daniel Abad Casanova has conducted performances like Julio Caesare, Carmen, L’elisir d’amore, Cavalleria Rusticana, La Traviata, La Revoltosa, La Boda de Luis Alonso, etc.
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DEJAN SAVIĆ
DIRIGENT
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Dejan Savić
Dirigent (Intendant der Belgrader Staatsoper)
Dejan Savić (1957), ist ein herausragender serbischer Künstler. Er studierte Dirigieren an der Musikakademie in Belgrad. Seinen M.A. machte er im gleichen Fach an der Musikakademie in Novi Sad. Er ist GMD der Belgrader Staatsoper und des Balletts seit 1993. Von 2001-2004 war er Direktor der Oper und des Balletts. Zur gleichen Zeit war er der Leiter des Kammerorchesters PRO CLASSICA, als auch des renomierten Chors Braća Baruh (der 1879 gegründet wurde). Von 1989 bis 1992 war er der künstlerische Direktor des Symphonieorchesters in Niš und von 1993 bis 1995 künstlerischer Leiter des Kammerensembles PRO MUSICA (des ältesten in Jugoslawien). Von 2005 bis 2007 ist Dejan Savić Intendant des serbischen Staatstheaters, 2007 wird er wieder Operndirektor und seit 2012 bis heute ist er erneut Intendant. Mit seinen Chören, als auch den Chören die er leitete, nahm er an zahlreichen renomierten internationalen Chorfestivals teil und bekam zahlreiche Preise und Ehrungen (in: Gorica i Peskara, Italien, Kardica, Griechenland, JHS Niš, Mokranjčevi dani in Negotin etc.). Er gastierte als Dirigent und mit seinen Ensemblen in Griechenland, Israel, Bulgarien, Holland, Deutschland, Rumänien, Irland, Russland, in den USA, Italien, Australien, in der Schweiz, Spanien und trat mit vielen bekannten und renomierten Orchestern in Europa als auch mit dem Bloomingdale Symphonieorchester in New York auf. Savić dirigierte ein Konzert mit dem Symphonieorchester des bulgarischen nationalen Radios in der Serie Athen-Belgrad-Sofia in der bekannten Konzerthalle Bulgaria. Er war regelmäßig Gastdirigent des griechischen Symphonieorchesters des griechischen Radiosenders ERT und ist bislang der einzige serbische Dirigent, der in dem größsten Musikpalast Athens, dem Megaro Mousikis aufgetreten ist. Ausserdem arbeitete er mit allen wichtigen griechischen Symphonieorchestern –u.a. mit dem nationalen Symphonieorchester Athen und Thessaloniki- zusammen. 1995 dirigierte er sehr erfolgreich fünf Vorstellungen von Verdis Oper Der Troubadour in dem Opernhaus von Dublin/Irland. 1997 dirigierte er die Premiere und weitere vier Vorstellungen von Rossinis Der Barbier von Sevilla. In Norwegen debütierte Dejan Savić 1998 mit dem Abschlusskonzert der Saison 1997/98 mit dem Symphonierchester der Königlichen Oper Oslo.
Im gleichen Jahr trat das Symphonieorchester des Staatstheaters Belgrad unter der Leitung von Dejan Savić bei dem renomierten internationalen Musikfestival auf Patras/Griechenland auf und feierte großen Erfolg . 1999 gastierte er mit dem Symphonieorchester RTS (Orchester des staatlichen Fernsehens), als auch mit der Belgrader Philharmonie bei verschiedenen Festivals in Griechenland: dem Prespes und Olympija. Im Jahre 2000 war Dejan Savić Gast der Staatsoper Straßburg und dirigierte die Oper Hänsel und Gretel von Humperdinck. Im März 2002 gastierte die Belgrader Oper zum ersten Mal auf Korfu/Griechenland und führte Puccinis Tosca, Rossinis Cenerentola und unter Dejan Savić `s Leitung ein Galakonzert auf. Bei den jubilären 30.Mai-Opernabenden in Skoplje/Makedonien bekam Verdis Rigoletto unter Dejan Savić`s Dirigiertstab die Auszeichung der besten Vorstellung. Im gleichen Jahr kam es zur sehr erfolgreichen und bejubelten Aufführung zweier Opern in dem Opernhaus von Thessaloniki unter Dejan Savić`s musikalischer Leitung: Beethovens Fidelio (Cheryl Studer, Mark Baker, Franz Joseph Kapellmannn) und und Puccinis Tosca (Nelly Miricioiu, Paola Romano, Carlo Baricelli). Ende des Jahres 2002 gastierte Herr Savić erneut an der Oper (Opera National du Rhin) in Straßburg, dirigierte zehn Eugen Onegin Vorstellungen und feierte großen Erfolg (Teil des Teams waren: Marco Arturo Marelli – Galina Badikovskaya, Andrei Dunaev, Vladimir Petrov, Fedor Kuznetsov, Nelly Boshkowa). Im Mai 2003 eröffnete Dejan Savić mit zwei Vorstellungen des Barbiers von Sevilla das traditionelle Festival `Oper auf dem Platz`in Sofia/Bulgarien mit dem Opernensemble der Bulgarischen Staatsoper. Im gleichen Jahr im Dezember debütierte er mit großem Erfolg in Italien mit dem internationalen Orchester und Chor des Theaters Ventidio Basso aus Ascoli Piceno mit zwei Vorstellungen von Verdis La Traviata. Im Februar 2002 wurde die Belgrader Staatsoper unter Savić`s Leitung nach Griechenland eingeladen, um mit Verdis Rigoletto die Rekonstruktion des Theaters auf der Insel Kefalonia zu feiern. 2006 gastiert er in Italien und im Nationaltheater Tetaro di Pergolesi in Jesi und dirigiert dort das Weihnachtskonzert. 2007 dirigiert Dejan Savić im Theater Francesco Stabile in Potenza zwei Rigoletto-Vorstellungen mit dem Orchester Filarmonica Salernitana Giuseppe Verdi und dem Chor Coro di Bitonto (Mima Brigante, Giorgio Casciarri, Giuseppe Altomare). Im Juni des gleichen Jahres debütierte Dejan Savić in Wien an der Volksoper mit Verdis Traviata (zu den Künstlern zählten u.a. Briban, Ramos, Chernoh, Montazeri, Larson, Marof). Im Februar 2008 debütierte er an der Staatsoper in Bukarest/Rumänien und dirigierte Puccinis Madame Butterfly. Es folgten zwei Galakonzerte in Italien. Im Sommer 2008 dirigierte er Verdis Aida bei dem Musikfestival Gars am Kamp in der Nähe von Wien. Dort dirigierte er auch 2010, 2011, 2012 und 2013. Im Dezember 2008 kam er auf Empfehlung der Musikdramaturgin Sandra Milankov nach Koblenz und dirigierte dort mit großem Erfolg vier Galakonzerte an dem Theater Koblenz. 2009 war Dejan Savić Jurymitglied des 14. Internationalen Wettbewerbs Boris Christoff junger Opernsänger in Sofia/Bulgarien, als auch Vorsitzender des Wettbewerbs für junge Dirigenten. Es folgten zahlreiche Meisterkurse von 2010 bis 2014, die er in Bulgarien für angehende Dirigenten leitete. Im August dirigierte er Rossinis Barbier von Sevilla bei dem Künstlerfestival d’Arte Apuliae in Foggia/Italien mit Solisten aus der Türkei und Italien und dem Kammerorchester von Apulia. 2012 fogte ein Neujahrskonzert mit dem gleichen Ensemble (De Palma, Mi Seon Oh) in Foggia und Lucera. Im August 2009 feierte er Premire mit Puccinis Madame Butterfly bei dem Sommerfestival in Burgas/Bulgarien. Im März 2010 dirigierte Dejan Savić mit größtem Erfolg Puccinis Madame Butterfly im Theater Dante in Florenz (Ishigami, Berrugi, Calamai). Direkt im Anschluss folgte mit nicht minderem Erfolg zwei Vorstellungen bei dem Festival der Opernstars in der Opern-und Ballettkompanie aus Krasnoyarsk/Russland. 2011 nahm er erneut an diesem Festival teil, dieses Mal mit den Opern La Boheme (Urusov, Levchuk, Baranova) und Madame Butterfly (Levchuk, Urusov, Efremov). In Portugal debütierte er 2010 mit zwei Konzerten mit dem Orchester Orquestra do Algarve in Portimao and Loule mit Jan Krisztof Broja, als Solopianist. Im November leitete Savić einen Meisterkurs in Faro und dirigierte danach zwei Konzerte mit Otto Perreira (Solovioline). An der rumänischen Staatsoper in Temisvar debütierte er mit Verdis Traviata (Marcu, Balasescu, Estefan). Im Juli 2012 leitete er einen Meisterkurs mit dem renomierten Hermitage Orchester in Sankt Petersburg im symphonischen Dirigieren, an dem Dirigenten aus vielen verschiedenen Ländern teilnahmen. Im Oktober 2012 eröffnete er in Bukarest/Rumänien die Theatersaison mit der Oper Carmen und dem Orchester des staatlichen Rundfunks mit dem tschechischen Organisten Pavel Kohout. Im November nahm er sehr erfolgreiche Puccinis Arien für Sopranstimme mit der Solistin Pia Brodnik und dem Londoner Symphonieorchester in den Abbey Road Studios auf. Im April 2013 trat der Maestro erfolgreich in der Staatsoper in Sofia/Bulgarien auf und dirigierte die Opern Cavalleria Rusticana und Gianni Schicchi (Inszenierung Kartaloff, Andreev Georgiev). 2013 realisierte er eine frühere Initiative, indem er die Oper in dem Theater in der südserbischen Stadt Niš nach 40 Jahren mit der Operette Die Fledermaus wieder eröffnete. Im Juni dirigierte er in Sofia/Bulgarien, im August in Temisvar/Rumänien, im November dirigierte er das Galakonzert Maria Callas im Elena Teodorini-Theater in Craiova/Rumänien. 2014 dirigierte er Konzerte mit dem Zyprischen Staatsorchester auf Pafos und Nicosia mit Musik von Copland, Lutoslawski, Vorisek und Sophia Serghi. Im März dirigierte er sehr erfolgreich an der Oper im Ural in Ekaterinburg/Russland. Im Mai dirigierte er wieder am Elena Teodorini Theater in Rumänien, dieses Mal die Oper Otello von Verdi (Budoiu, Vari, Mijailovic) und an der Nationaloper in Temisvar dirigierte er Verdis Rigoletto. Im August folgte er einer Einladung nach Italien, nach Potenza und dirigierte dort Donizettis Liebestrank. Im September folgte wieder ein Dirigat von La Traviata in Temisvar. Mit u.a. folgenden Künstlern arbeitete Dejan Savić zusammen: Stefan Milenkovic, Mikis Theodorakis, Costas Paschalis, Ludovic Spiess, Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasilev, Jiri Menzel, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Maria Slatinaru – Nistor, Corneliu Murgu, Alexandrina Milcheva, Peter Dvorsky, Sreten Krstic, Ilija Marinkovic, Ksenija Jankovic, ... Er spricht englisch, deutsch, französich, italienisch und russisch.
Weitere Informationen entnehmen Sie bitte der Website des Künstlers http://www.dejansavic.com/ und der Website der Belgrader Staatsoper http://www.narodnopozoriste.rs/en/savic-dejan
Aufnahmen:
The Serbo Jewish Singing Society “The Baruch Brothers”
Jewish Synagogal and Popular Music
Idelsohn, Lewandowski, Shubert, Sulzer, Lavry, Weiner a.o.
PGP RTS 1995. LP/MC/CD
SORTS, Vjera Miranovic – Mikic, soprano
The Most Beautyfull Bellcanto Arias
Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Catallani
PGP RTS 1996. CD
The National Theater SO, Tamara Markovic, mezzosoprano
Portrait
Donizetti – Anna Bolena, excerpts
PGP RTS 1997. CD
SORTS, Ksenija Jankovic, violoncello
Cello Concertos
Elgar – Cello Concerto e minor, op.85
PGP RTS 1999. CD
SORTS, Eliso Virsaladze, piano
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto a minor, op. 54
Symphony d minor No. 4, op.120
PGP RTS 2000. CD
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
Awarded at 31st International Jeunesses Musicales Competition, Violin
Various Artists
Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius
JM 2001. CD
The National Theater SO
Laureates at 33rd International Jeunesses Musicales Competition, Solo Voice
Various Artists
Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Gounod a.o.
JM 2003. CD
The National Radio Chamber Orchestra, Bucharest, Romania
Dana Borsan, piano
Mozart – Integral Piano Concertos
Concerto in E flat minor No. 22, KV 482
CUI 2006. CD
The National Theater SO
Laureates at 38th International Jeunesses Musicales Competition, Solo Voice
Various Artists
Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Gounod a.o.
JM 2008. CD
OpernAir Festival, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
Verdi – Aida
Drgac, Jelinek, Karlovic, Necas / Fadayumi, Kislali, Jovanovic, Nechaev, Tomasev, Jakovljevic, Liebeck, Iriarte
Brunn Symphony Orchestra, Festival Choir
LANDSMANN 2008. DVD
Pressestimmen:
“Dejan Savic had engaged not only his youthful enthusiasm but his obviously great knowledge too, facing the challenge which the Beethoven’s Fifth claims to every conductor.”
(“Politika”, Beograd)
“...clear and lucid in every single moment, with light gestures of his trusty hands, assertive rythmic nerve; playing his instrument, the Orchestra, with authority.”
(“Vecernje novosti”, Beograd)
,,That night, the conductor was mr. Savic...and we were impressed, very, very impressed. He went through all the temptations with strength, musicality and sureness, holding the performance firmly in his brave hands...''
(,,Osam'', Beograd)
,,Due to an excellent conductor Dejan Savic, this performance was much more than an hommage to our famous baritone...the cooperation of the orchestra was never the less marvelous.''
(,,Borba'', Beograd)
,,Conductor Dejan Savic, insisting on the symphonic side of the verristic Puccini score of Tosca, directed the whole ensemble with his impressive gestures, insisting on the well defined sound of the orchestra, underlying the dramatic expression of all the actors on the stage.''
(,,Dnevnik'', Novi Sad)
,,Interpretation of the orchestra, convincing and of a high quality in sound, subtle in piano, imposing and refining at the moments of strong but well prepared gradations, was above all the expectations. No doubt that the overall positive artisric achievments was reached thanks to conductor Dejan Savic...''
(,,Politika express'', Beograd)
,,Under the batton of maestro Dejan Savic, the orchestra reached some highest world standards.''
(,,Nasa borba'', Beograd)
,,...and, finaly, thanks to our new, young and able conductor Dejan Savic, we had a feeling that we are sitting in some west european concert hall, enjoying the beautyfull sound of music, which we never heard from our City Symphony Orchestra before.''
(,,Narodne novine'', Nis)
,,Mr Savic was entering deeper and deeper in to the music material, getting its best both from the singers and from the Orchestra.""
(,,Danas"", Beograd)
“Perfect orchestra perfromance is in full coordination with the soloists, thanks to the conductor Dejan Savic.”
(“Vreme”, Beograd)
“Maestro Savic presented his high sensitivity and ability of accompanying soloists.”
(“Vecernji list”, Zagreb)
''Performing for the first time in our city, Dejan Savic used his chance to conquere his audience in the best way.''
(,,Vjesnik'', Zagreb)
“...homogenous in sound, with perfect tune under superb leadership of Mr Dejan Savic.”
(“Il Tempo”, Pescara, Italy)
“The Belgrade ensemble conducted by his young and excellent maestro Dejan Savic was the best.”
(“Maariv”, Tel Aviv, Israel)
“The marvellous conductor Dejan Savic created very fine sound leading brilliantly the soloists and the Orchestra.”
(“Eleftherotipia”, Athens, Greece)
“Not a blood and guts approach, sprightliness and grace are rarely absent under conductor Dejan Savic’s deft guiding hand.”
(“Sunday Times”, Dublin, Ireland)
“Like Charles Edward’s provocative lightning–which, even with some obvious failures, is among the most striking conceptions seen in an opera at the Gaiety–the Yugoslav conductor Dejan Savic offers illuminations from fresh perspectives. In a well-paced reading, he achieves from the members of the RTECO a richness and warmth that’s not easy to secure in this theatre.”
(“Irish Times”, Dublin, Ireland)
“The strength of this production was its sense of purpose, its single-mindedness and its coherence. And the dramatic force was underlined by the tremendous performance of the RTE concert orchestra conducted by Dejan Savic.”
(“Irish News”, Dublin, Ireland)
“Fortunately what one hears is much closer to Verdi’s ideal. Dejan Savic conducts with sensitive feeling and exacts the music’s dramatic centre with powerful punch.”
(“Evening Press”, Dublin, Ireland)
“The melodies flow, with wonderful orchestral playing from the RTE Concert Orchestra (leader Michael D’Arcy), conducted by Dejan Savic with musical and emotional accord, swinging the dynamics with flow and control, always sympathetic to the singers, and to the DGOS chorus (Master Philipe White), whose impact was quintessentially Verdian.”
(“Cork Examiner”, Dublin, Ireland)
“Add to this a talented Serbian conductor Dejan Savic, who extracts the very best from singers and orchestra and who shows he knows the worth of latter day Verdian research, and you have a blood and guts Il Trovatore that leaves you praying that civil war will never come our way.”
(“New Letter”, Belfast, Ireland)
“We remeber well our tonight’s guest Dejan Savic who two seasons before produced a strong and unforgettable impression conducting the BNR Symphony Orchestra.”
(“Trud”, Sofia, Bulgaria)
,,Dejan Savic conducted the performance of Il Barbiere with temperament, shaping precisely the sound of the Orchestra of the Greek National Opera, inspired by the clear approach of the conductor.''
(,,Eleftheros tipos'', Athens, Greece)
,,Well achieving rythmically precise sound of the Orchestra for Il Barbiere, conductor Dejan Savic enabled the singers to express themselves completely and beautyfully''.
(,,Eleftheri ora'', Athens, Greece)
,,Finaly, we met an outstanding Yugoslav conductor Dejan Savic, performing Rossini's Il Barbiere at the end of the season in the Greek National Opera.''
(,,Diphono'', Athens, Greece)
,,For sure, maestro Savic deserves all the compliments he gained for the brilliant musical leadership of this complicated performance of La Cenerentola.''
(,,Argument'', Beograd)
,,Dejan Savic led the spactacle of La Cenerentola with strong and suggestive gesture, being precisefull and sensitive in every moment of the opening night.''
(,,Svet'', Beograd)
"Under vivid and fierce conducting by Dejan Savic, Principal Conductor of the Belgrade Opera, Orchestra of the National Conservatory from Strasbourg played enthusiastically in a singing mood, taking part in the rich and attractive youthful musical fiest."
("L'Alsace", Mulhouse, France)
"Orchestra of the National Conservatory from Strasbourg, under the batton of Dejan Savic, thanks to his diverse kind of conducting, demonstrated to be predestined for such grateful performance."
("Offenbuerger Tageblatt", Offenburg/"Kehler Zeitung", Kehl, Germany)
"Interpretation by Dejan Savic was clear, emphasizing divine themes and melodies while Orchestra of the National Conservatory from Strasbourg followed him beautifully."
("Les affiches moniteurs", Strasbourg, France)
"Selection of voices and well done distribution contributed to the excellent quality of the performance...also thanks to the Orchestra of the National Conservatory from Strasbourg under the batton of Dejan Savic."
("Hebdoscope", Mulhouse, France)
"Humperdinck's music, conducted by Dejan Savic...had its intended continuation, well presenting traditional melodies well known to the listeners belonging to the German cultural region...while in the pit the orchestra of the National Conservatory from Strasbourg was dedicated to its task with responsability and clear mind."
("DNA Region", Muhouse, France)
"Dejan Savic conducted the Orchestra of the National Conservatory from Strasbourg, which was playing precisely and transparent in sound."
("Badische Zeitung", Offenburg, Germany)
"Orchestra of the National Conservatory from Strasbourg and young soloists, under guidance of Dejan Savic, successfully introduced the popular music of this opera (Humperdinck, Hansel und Gretel) to the audience."
("DNA Colmar", Colmar, France)
"It was obvious that this perfectly selected program was not accedently chosen by the conductor...Dejan Savic was leading the Chamber Orchestra of the Romanian Radio in a very expressive way, and they did follow, feeling very safe in his hands."
("Adevarul", Bucharest, Romania)
"The Orchestra of the Beograd National Opera, under the batton of its leading Maestro Dejan Savic, with joyfull sounding brought the sonority to this production...always with an eye on the stage, formed the unique and ultimate musical contribution."
("L'Opera", Roma, Italia)
“The leader was the young Serbian conductor Dejan Savic, who completely respected the real artistic values of Verdi’s score, underlining mostly his creative expression.”
(“Makedonija denes”, Skopje, Macedonia)
“Maestro Savic left an excellent impression, above all with his perfectionism. With an extraordinary precision he coordinated the soloists and the orchestra, never leaving something without his control, and yet at the same time presenting his profound feeling for a valuable vocal and instrumental interpretation.”
(“Nova Makedonija”, Skopje, Macedonia)
" Conductor of the excellent Orchestra of the Opera of Beograd, Yugoslav Dejan Savic, supported the acoustical aspects of the opera "Fidelio", as well as being faithful to the historical background of the theme of the opera and the "heroic" tone of the music. Also, his symphonic approach towards this Beethovens' masterpiece appeared to be the right one in every sense. The result? A continuing delightful musical result with an outstanding finale."
("Eleftherotypia", Thessaloniki, Greece)
“We must note the fine batton of Mo Dejan Savic, leading the Symphony Orchestra of Mulhouse in a great form. Magnificent production...”
(“Cyber Classique”, Paris, France)
“The orchestra under Dejan Savic...perfomed with warmth and very well balanced tone.”
(“KulturJocker”, Karlsruhe, Germany)
“It was Dejan Savic leading the Orchestra of Mulhouse, who conducted this beautyful score, presenting all its accents, the rythms of valces, eccosaises and its lyric.”
(“Les Affiches – Moniteur”, Strasbourg, France)
“The conductor from Beograd, Mo Dejan Savic, allowed the Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra members playing very softly, on the other hand strongly and dramaticly engaged, when necesarry.”
(“Mittelbadische Press”, Karlsruhe, Germany)
“From the conductor’s stand, Dejan Savic provided the perfomance of the Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra which entered all the subtleties of Chaikowski’s music. This Onegin was something to admire. The rare joy in Opera National du Rhin!”
(“DNA”, Strasbourg, France)
“From the pit, the Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra under the batton of Mo Dejan Savic was positively occupied by making “the sentimental aspect” of the performance. The effect was sweetness of the melodic elegy, supporting the superiority of the emotions during the piece. This was a choice which could frustrate the amateurs, but which, having in mind what was going on the stage, served in obtaining of delicacy and freshness of a rarely subtle score.”
(“L’Alsace”, Strasbourg, France)
“The team of the soloists, choir and orhestra were impressivly led by the Beograd conductor Dejan Savic. His truly knowledge and recognition of Rossini’s style completely transformed the Orchestra of the Sofia National Opera, which performed with great enthusiasm.”
(“Duma”, Sofia, Bulgaria)
“L’Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, great as usual, this time was conducted by Dejan Savic, who, with his fresh tempis, underlined all the psychological drama in the piece…add to his his support to hear “our” Choir in perfect edition of the most demanding role till now.”
(“Il Messagero”, Ascoli Piceno, Italia)
“…coro del Teatro Ventidio Basso and L’Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, conducted vigorously by Dejan Savic.”
(“Corriere Adriatico”, Ascoli Piceno, Italia)
“In addition to…central and very capable soloists, the event was led by an excellent conductor Dejan Savic from Beograd.”
(“Hamar og Hedmarken”, Hamar, Norway)
“The conductor was Dejan Savic and the soloists…this evening will be remembered, in forthcoming years people will stil talk about this magnificent event in the Cathedral of Hamar.”
(“Hamar Arbeiderblad”, Hamar, Norway)
“The full audience gave a big hand to perfect soloists…Orchestra Filarmonica Salernitana Giuseppe Verdi, City Choir from Bitonto. all under a batton of Mo Dejan Savic.”
(“La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno”, Potenza, Italy)
“Perfect performance of the Orchestra Filarmonica Salernitana Giuseppe Verdi and City Choir from Bitonto, due to Maestro Concertatore Dejan Savic.”
(“Il Quotidiano delle Basilicata”, Potenza, Italy)
“Very solid musical leadership was provided the first night by Dejan Savic.”
(“Der Neue Marker”, Vienna, Austria)
“Last but not the least, good Festival Chorus in Gars am Kamp, on high level The Brno Symphoniker both under Dejan Savic’ batton.”
(“Kurier”, Vienna, Austria)
“Dejan Savic offered with The Brno Symphoniker one often wide and strong Verdi – sound…addjusted to the Open-Air space. However, in the Lyric parts (the Nile Scene) he presented rather sensible moments.”
(“Kronen Zeitung”, Vienna, Austria)
“Dejan Savic, the Chief of the Beograd Opera, was fully responsible for the fine and precisefull sound of the Brno Symphoniker.”
(“Neues Volksblatt”, Vienna, Austria)
“Internationaly renown artists and the Brno Symphoniker with the conductor Dejan Savic excited the audience.”
(“Bezirksblatt”, Horn, Austria)
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IVAN HUT
DIRIGENT
Conductor and violist, was born in Pula in 1982 in the marriage of Dutch-Croatian parents. Since the age of 5, he has been living in Split and at the age of 8 he enrolled in violin class at the Josip Hatze School of Music. During his education, he won numerous awards at national competitions, some of which are the first state award in 2000 as a violist, and the first state award in the category of chamber ensembles in 2003. He has performed as a violist in Germany, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Hungary.
From 2000 to 2009 he was a permanent member of the Split Chamber Orchestra where, with the constant presence and inspiration of Mo. Pavle Despalj, was born a love for conducting. In 2013 he founded the "Camerata Split" orchestra. In addition to Split, they performed at Hvar Summer events and at Bol Summer. Certainly, the most important concert was the one at the convent of Our Lady of Health where "Great Mass in C minor" by W. A. Mozart was performed for the first time in Split.
In the same year, he produced the concert program at the 59th Split Summer Festival and was the director of the music program at the 60th Split Summer Festival.
In the 2013/2014 theater season he was the director of the Opera of the Croatian National Theater Split. During his tenure, the operas "Mephistophele" by A. Boit and "Aida" by G. Verdi were performed at the 60th Split Summer Festival with great success.
In 2014 he enrolled in conducting studies at the "Hogeschool voor de kunsten Codarts" (Rotterdam-Kingdom of the Netherlands), in the class of prof. Hans Leenders (St. Petersburg School of Conducting - I.Musin /V.Gergiev).
During his education in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, he attended training at Mo. Kenneth Montgomery (18th Century Orchestra), Mo. Etienne Siebens and Mo. Antony Hermus (Nederland Jeugd Orchestra).
He was a scholarship recipient of the Lovro and Llly Matačić Fund and the Het Kersjes Fund, a foundation for young conductors in the Netherlands.
He participated as an assistant to prof. Leenders to the Codarts Project – Codarts Symphony Orchestra Concert at Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam conducted by Mo. Valery Gergiev. In 2016, he completed his bachelor's degree in conducting with G. Puccini's opera debut "Suor Angelica", directed by Michal Znaniecki. In 2016 he enrolled in a master's degree program in the same class of prof. Leenders. Among the mentors was Mo. Yannick Nezet Seguin (Metropolitan Opera of New York). In the same year, he brought together graduates of the "Codarts Rotterdam" and "Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag" into the NOW Orchestra, and in the 2016/2017 season successfully directed two performances in Rotterdam - "Scheherazade" by R. Korsakov and "Bolero". After successfully completing his master's degree in 2018, he is given the opportunity to perform (masterclass) at the 30th Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam with the Master's training in front of the crowded De Doelen Hall as the best student of the generation.
In December 2020 Maestro Ivan Hut took up the role of Resident Conductor at the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra where he conducted more than 50concerts in three years.
His most notabale collaborations are with Sinfonia Rotterdam (Concertgebouw Amsterdam), the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra (2017 - Christmas Concert and 2018 -New Year's), the HRT Symphony Orchestra (concert in season 2020 - first concert in Lisinski hall after earthquake , 2021 - opening of festival in Zadar and recording works by Croatian composers), the Zadar (2017, 2019, 2020, and 2023) and Varaždin Chamber Orchestra 2017 2021 and 2023), Orchestra Sinfonica della Universidad del Guanajuato (2018 and 2022), Symphony orchestra of Slovenian national theatre Maribor(2023) and Symphony orchestra of Croatian national orchestra in Rijeka (2022)
In 2022 he was assistant of Placido Domingo for Verdi Requiem with HRT Symphony Orchestra in Zagreb, Mo. Ivan Repusic for Opera gala concert in Croatian National Theatre Zagreb and assistant to Mo. Srba Dinic for W.A.Mozart “Zauberflöte” in Croatian National Theatre Zagreb with last performance as debut.
In 2023 he had premiere of Mozart's Zauberflote in SNG Maribor (5 performances).
Future performances:
21.10 Dubrovnik Symphony orchestra (Sibelius violin concerto – Eva Šulić Brajčić and Schubert 8th Symphony)
26.10 Dubrovnik Symphony orchestra (C. Saint Saens cello concerto - Branimir Pustički)
7. 11- 9.11 - Dubrovnik symphony orchestra “Dalmatian cycle” (Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar with Croatian composers program)
15.11. - Dubrovnik symphony orchestra in Orebić (S. Prokofiev “Peter and wolf”)
20.11. - Mostar symphony orchestra (R. Shchedrin – Carmen suite)
28.11 - Choir of Croatian Radio and Television (Russian sacral music)
22.12, 29.12, 04.01, 08.01 and 09.01 Fledermaus in Croatian National Theatre Zagreb
18.01. Symphony orchestra of SNG Maribor (Shostakovich 5th)
10.04. and 11.04 Zauberflote in Croatian national theatre in Zagreb
17.04. Rijeka Symphony orchestra (Sibelius violin concerto - Katarina Kutnar and Sibelius 2nd Symphony)
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SCOTT LAWTON
DIRIGENT
Scott Lawton ist als Dirigent seit über 30 Jahren aktiv. Der Amerikaner studierte am Oberlin-Conservatory in Ohio Klavier und Dirigieren. Nach Engagements an den Stadttheatern Bielefeld und Trier kam er in die österreichische Hauptstadt, wo er am Theater an der Wien und im Raimund Theater Phantom der Oper, Les Misérables und 42nd Street dirigierte. Im gleichen Zeitraum leitete er auch an der Wiener Kammeroper Hochzeit des Figaro und Rigoletto. Es folgte ein mehrjähriges Engagement ans Saarländische Staatstheater als Kapellmeister, wo er eine Vielzahl von Opern, Operetten und Musicals dirigierte.
Seit fünfzehn Jahren arbeitet Scott Lawton regelmäßig mit dem Deutschen Filmorchester Babelsberg. Mit dem Orchester hat er zahlreiche Filmscores eingespielt und Filmlive-Konzerte zu den berühmtesten Stummfilmen von Chaplin, Hitchcock und Fritz Lang (Metropolis) geleitet. Das Orchester präsentiert unter seiner Leitung viele ungewöhnliche Crossover-Programme. Er dirigierte das Filmorchester von 2001 bis 2012 bei der alljährlichen Jose Carreras Gala. Jüngst bei Konzerten mit Musik von Gershwin, Bernstein und Shostakovitch übernahm er zusätzlich die Aufgabe als Pianist bei der „Rhapsody in Blue“.
Von 2004 bis 2009 war Lawton musikalischer Leiter bei den Gandersheimer Domfestspielen. Hier leitete er u.a. Die Zauberflöte, Die Dreigroschenoper, Orpheus in der Unterwelt, Die Fledermaus, La cage aux folles, Im weißen Rößl und The Rocky Horror Show. Für die Domfestspiele komponierte er auch Bühnenmusiken zu Der Zauberer von Oz, Michel aus Lönneberga und Jim Knopf sowie auch einen abendfüllenden Opernkrimi über Lorenzo DaPontes Leben in New York City: Mozart in Manhattan.
In den letzten Jahren gastierte Scott Lawton in Köln mit dem WDR Runkfunkorchester, dem Gürzenich Orchester und der Meininger Hofkapelle; weitere Höhepunkte bildeten Konzerte mit dem Saarländischen Staatstheater, dem Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, dem Rundfunkorchester Pilsen und dem Brandenburgischen Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder).
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Adventures on earth by John Williams |
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David Garrett José Carreras Gala 2009 Humoresque |
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Tam o' Shanter by Sir Malcolm Arnold |
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Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Gypsy Song) from Carmen |