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Vasily Petrenko est directeur musical du Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (depuis 2021) et chef d’orchestre principal de l’Orchestre des jeunes de l’Union européenne (depuis 2015). Il est chef lauréat de l’Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liverpool, après avoir été leur chef principal pendant quinze ans, de 2006 à 2021, et a également été premier chef invité, puis directeur artistique de l’Orchestre symphonique académique d’État de Russie (2016-2022), Il a également été premier chef invité puis directeur artistique de l’Orchestre symphonique académique d’État de Russie (2016-2022), chef principal de l’Orchestre philharmonique d’Oslo (2013-2020), premier chef de l’Orchestre national des jeunes de Grande-Bretagne (2009-2013) et premier chef invité du Théâtre Mikhailovsky de Saint-Pétersbourg, où il a commencé sa carrière en tant que chef résident (1994-1997).
Vasily Petrenko est né en 1976 et a commencé ses études musicales à l’école de musique pour garçons Capella de Saint-Pétersbourg, la plus ancienne école de musique de Russie. Il a ensuite étudié au Conservatoire de Saint-Pétersbourg, où il a participé à des ateliers de maître avec des personnalités aussi éminentes qu’Ilya Musin, Mariss Jansons et Yuri Temirkanov.
Il a travaillé avec de nombreux orchestres parmi les plus prestigieux du monde, notamment le Philharmonique de Berlin, le Gewandhaus de Leipzig, le London Symphony, le London Philharmonic, le Philharmonia, l’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome), le Philharmonique de Saint-Pétersbourg, l’Orchestre national de France, le Philharmonique tchèque, le NHK Symphony et l’Orchestre symphonique de Sydney. Il s’est produit au festival d’Édimbourg, au festival de Grafenegg et a fait de fréquentes apparitions aux BBC Proms. Ces dernières années, il a fait des débuts très réussis en Amérique du Nord, notamment avec l’Orchestre de Philadelphie, l’Orchestre philharmonique de Los Angeles, l’Orchestre de Cleveland et les orchestres symphoniques de San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Montréal et Saint-Louis.
Tout aussi à l’aise à l’opéra, avec plus de trente opéras à son répertoire, Vasily Petrenko a fait ses débuts en 2010 au Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Macbeth) et à l’Opéra de Paris (Eugène Onéguine). Ces dernières saisons, il a également dirigé au Théâtre Mikhailovsky, à l’Opéra de Zürich et au Bayerische Staatsoper. Au cours de la saison 19/20, il a également fait ses débuts au Metropolitan Opera de New York dans une production de La Dame de Pique.
Vasily Petrenko s’est forgé un profil bien défini en tant qu’artiste discographique. Parmi sa vaste discographie, son cycle de symphonies de Chostakovitch pour Naxos Records avec l’Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liverpool a été acclamé dans le monde entier. Avec l’Orchestre philharmonique d’Oslo, il a récemment publié des cycles de symphonies de Scriabine et de poèmes sonores de Strauss.
En septembre 2017, Vasily Petrenko a reçu le prix de l’artiste de l’année lors de la prestigieuse cérémonie annuelle des Gramophone Awards, dix ans après avoir reçu le prix du jeune artiste de l’année en octobre 2007. En 2010, il a remporté le prix de l’artiste masculin de l’année aux Classical BRIT Awards et est la deuxième personne à avoir reçu un doctorat honorifique de l’université de Liverpool et de l’université Liverpool Hope (en 2009), ainsi qu’un Honorary Fellowship de l’université Liverpool John Moores (en 2012), récompenses qui reconnaissent l’immense impact qu’il a eu sur l’orchestre philharmonique royal de Liverpool et la scène culturelle de la ville.
Jing Huan currently serves as Principal Conductor of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra. She also serves on the boards of the China Musicians Association and Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI). In August 2022, she participated in the 2022 National Outstanding Young Artists (Conductors) Showcase organized by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Musicians Association. On that occasion, she was selected among the “Top Ten Young Conductors of China.”
A graduate of Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music who received her training with Professor Xu Xin, she obtained her Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting in 2009 at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) under the tutelage of Mark Gibson, where she was awarded a full scholarship to continue her doctoral studies, concurrently serving as the Conductor Assistant of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO), including the CSO’s May Festival (2011–2013). During the same period, she was also Assistant Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Artaria Chamber Orchestra.
In June 2012, Jing Huan was one of two prizewinners at the inaugural Li Delun National Conducting Competition held in Qingdao, China. In the same year, she participated in the Campos do Jordão International Festival in São Paulo, where her outstanding performance led to an invitation by Maestra Marin Alsop to serve as Assistant Conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony’s 2013 music season. That same year, Jing Huan and her work with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra attracted the attention of Maestro Long Yu, which led to her appointment at the GSO.
In December 2013, Jing Huan made her critically-acclaimed debut concert as the Resident Conductor of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, leading soloist Maxim Vengerov in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Since then, she has received invitations and collaborated with such orchestras as the China Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony, Shenzhen Symphony, Hangzhou Philharmonic, Guiyang Symphony, Ningbo Symphony, Xi’an Symphony, Qingdao Symphony, Sichuan Symphony, Shaanxi Symphony, Xinjiang Symphony, Kunming Nie Er Symphony, Shenyang Symphony, Macao Orchestra,Macao Chinese Orchestra and Tianjin Julliard Symphony during their music seasons, garnering much praise. She has collaborated with such renowned soloists as Yo-Yo Ma, Lang Lang, Rudolf Buchbinder, Vadim Repin, Gil Shaham, Midori, Robert Blocker, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Jian Wang, Lü Siqing, Li-Wei Qin, Zhang Haochen, Chen Sa, Warren Mok, Liao Changyong, Liang Ning and Huang Ying.
In 2014, Jing Huan was appointed as Music Director of the Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra (GSYO). Under her leadership, the orchestra charted remarkable progress and made their first tour to Europe, appearing at the Berlin Philharmonie under the auspices of Young Euro Classic in August 2015. Jing Huan’s achievements at the helm of the GSYO attracted the attention of Jeunesses Musicales International, and she was elected to serve on JMI’s Board in July 2016.
In October 2016, Jing Huan presented a concert entitled “In Love with Shakespeare” at the Beijing Music Festival to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. In January 2017, she was appointed Secretary-General of the Artistic Committee of Youth Music Culture Guangdong (YMCG) and conducted its critically-acclaimed opening concert.
In May 2017, Jing Huan conducted the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra on their European tour to Italy and the United Kingdom. Three months later, she led the GSYO on their Asia tour to Sydney, Jakarta and Singapore for cultural exchange. In late July 2018, she returned with the GSYO to Europe, performing in Lyon (France), Prague (Czech Republic) and the Musica Riva Festival, Lago di Garda (Italy). In July 2019, she led the GSYO on tour to Japan, performing at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and the Fukuoka Symphony Hall, the latter as part of a cultural exchange commemorating the 40th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Guangzhou and Fukuoka.
Oleksandr Yankevych a débuté le piano à l’âge de 10 ans et est titulaire d’un diplôme avec mention à l’Académie de musique de Bydgoszcz en Pologne. Il a ensuite rejoint le studio de l’Opéra d’État de Varsovie et de l’Opéra de Zurich, avant de travailler comme co-répétiteur et chef d’orchestre assistant à l’Opéra royal de Suède à Stockholm. M. Yankevych est lauréat de plusieurs concours internationaux, notamment l’Académie HSBC d’Aix-en-Provence (2018), le Deuxième Prix et le Prix de l’orchestre du concours Arturo Toscanini 2021 (Parme).
Gerald Karni mène une carrière musicale variée à travers le monde avec des instrumentistes et des chefs d’orchestre de premier plan. Né en Israël, il a commencé très jeune le violon avant de passer à l’alto, qu’il joue en tant que membre du West-Eastern Divan Orchestra dirigé par le maestro Daniel Barenboim. En tant que chef d’orchestre, il a travaillé avec des ensembles aux États-Unis, en Finlande, en Bulgarie, en Hongrie et en Suisse sous la houlette de mentors tels que Jorma Panula, Benjamin Zander, Marc Kissozcky et Daniel Barenboim. En 2021, Gerald a reçu une Médaille d’argent ainsi qu’une Mention spéciale au Troisième Concours international de direction d’orchestre Antal Doráti à Budapest.
In February 2023, French conductor Samy Rachid was appointed the new Assistant Conductor of Boston Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Andris Nelsons for a two-year term, effective in October 2023. He will debut with the orchestra during the Tanglewood Music Festival 2024, followed by subscription concerts at Symphony Hall during Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2024/25 season. Currently working as Assistant Conductor of the Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg, Samy Rachid was a Conducting Fellow in the Verbier Festival Conducting programme in 2022, where he worked with such renowned conductors as Klaus Mäkelä and Gianandrea Noseda, and took part in the Gstaad Conducting Academy, where he worked closely with Jaap von Zweden and became the first French conductor to be awarded the Academy’s Neeme Järvi Prize.
Jaehyuck Choi is a conductor-composer, and artistic director of the ensemble blank. After having his debut with the London Symphony at the Lucerne Festival in 2018, Choi has been invited to Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Trondheim Symphony, etc. He was assistant conductor to Paavo Järvi’s Korean Tour, Vienna Opera Academy, and guest assistant to Ensemble Intercontemporain. Winning the First prize of the Concours de Genève with his clarinet concerto in 2017 and conducting the London Symphony at the Lucerne Festival with Sir Simon Rattle on Stockhausen’s Gruppen in 2018, brought him international recognition as both composer and conductor. Choi’s works are represented by Universal Edition in Wien, which have been performed and commissioned by Menuhin Competition, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Parker Quartet, Divertimento ensemble, Chamber Music Columbus, Banff Centre for the arts and creativity, etc. Graduate of The Juilliard School and the Barenboim-Said Akademie, Jaehyuck makes his home in Berlin and Seoul.
Le chef d’orchestre israélien Rotem Nir est actuellement chef d’orchestre en résidence et responsable de la musique à l’Opéra d’Israël, tout en étant l’assistant du directeur musical de l’Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion. Fort d’une grande expérience, il a précédemment travaillé comme chef d’orchestre adjoint à l’Israel Chamber Orchestra et a dirigé de nombreux orchestres israéliens, notamment l’Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, l’Israel Chamber Orchestra et le Haifa Symphony Orchestra. Le répertoire de Rotem s’étend de Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno de Haendel avec le Georgisches Kammerorchester d’Ingolstadt à La traviata de Verdi à l’Opéra d’Israël. Il a été récompensé par des prix tels que le Concours de Direction d’Orchestre Golden Baton de Buchmann Mehta School of Music et de L’Haifa Symphony Orchestra, ainsi que le Concours New Conductors de l’Israel Chamber Orchestra. Rotem a étudié la musique au conservatoire de Nes Ziona, à la Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts et à la Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, où il a étudié la direction d’orchestre avec Yoav Talmi et le basson avec Daniel Mazaki. L’année 2024 marque la deuxième année de Rotem en tant que boursier du Conducting Programme du Verbier Festival.
Carrie-Ann Matheson has a multi-faceted international career as pianist, conductor and educator, and since January 2021, is the Artistic Director of the San Francisco Opera Center. A native of Canada, Ms.Matheson began her career at the Metropolitan Opera, where she was a tenured member of the music staff, serving as assistant conductor, prompter, pianist and vocal coach. The expansion of her European performing career began in 2014 when she was invited by Maestro Fabio Luisi to join the coaching and conducting staff at Opernhaus Zürich.
Especially in demand as a recital pianist, she has performed with many of the world’s most celebrated opera singers, including Rolando Villazón, Benjamin Bernheim, Jonas Kaufmann, Piotr Beczała, Diana Damrau, Thomas Hampson and Joyce DiDonato.
Ms. Matheson made her conducting debut at Opernhaus Zürich, where she has since conducted works such as La Finta Giardiniera, Don Pasquale and Iphigénie en Tauride. As assistant conductor, she has worked with luminaries including James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, and Gianandrea Noseda, and has been engaged in that capacity by such renowned festivals as the Salzburger Festspiele and the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival.
Passionate about nurturing the next generation of opera singers and pianists, Ms. Matheson has worked with the world’s leading young artist programs, including the International Opera Studio (Opernhaus Zürich), Atkins Young Artist Program (The Mariinsky Theatre), Lindemann Young Artist Development Program (The Metropolitan Opera), Ryan Opera Center (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Music Academy of the West, Aspen Music Festival and the International Vocal Arts Institute.
Ms. Matheson holds degrees from the University of Prince Edward Island (B.Mus.Ed), the Cleveland Institute of Music (M.Mus in Collaborative Piano), the Manhattan School of Music (Professional Studies Diploma in Vocal Accompanying) and is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
Singer and conductor, tenor and baritone, eclectic artist with more than 150 roles, acclaimed by the public on stages all over the world.
Defined Renaissance man, awarded with honorary titles and prizes also for his humanitarian commitment.
Promoter of young talents and founder of Operalia. Worldwide Ambassador of Spanish Culture and Zarzuela.
Extraordinarily versatile, he has been general director and promoter of opera with Carreras and Pavarotti.
Performer of world premieres of operas, starred in opera movies, pioneer of crossover and winner of 12 Grammy Awards.
Conductor with more than 600 performances.
His career has continued for more than half a century and for this he has been celebrated at the Operas of New York, Vienna, Verona, Milan and Buenos Aires.