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La direction fluide et la musicalité pénétrante de James Gaffigan fascinent les orchestres (Philharmonique de Los Angeles, Tonhalle de Zurich, Orchestre royal du Concertgebouw, Orchestre de Paris…) et les maisons d’opéra (Metropolitan Opera de New York, Bayerische Staatsoper de Munich, Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus de Zurich…) du monde entier. Alors qu’il est Chef assistant du Cleveland Orchestra auprès de Franz Welser-Möst en 2004, il remporte la même année le Premier Prix au concours international Sir Georg Solti. À la direction remarquable d’opus lyriques de Mozart, Rossini, Puccini et Strauss, le chef américain a également contribué à la renommée internationale du Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, dont il a été Chef principal. Il est depuis 2021 Directeur musical du Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra et prendra les mêmes fonctions au Komische Oper Berlin pour quatre saisons à compter de 2023/24.
Over the past decade, Jaap van Zweden has been an international presence on three continents. Currently, he is Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, a post he began in 2018, and Music Director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic since 2012.
Van Zweden has appeared as guest conductor with many other leading orchestras around the globe, among them the Orchestre de Paris, Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics, and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Jaap van Zweden has made numerous acclaimed recordings, the most recent of which are a 2020 release with the New York Philharmonic of the World Premiere of David Lang’s prisoner of the state, and the 2019 release of the World Premiere of Julia Wolfe’s Fire in my mouth, continuing the Philharmonic’s partnership with Decca Gold. In 2018 with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, he completed a four-year project conducting the first-ever performances in Hong Kong of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, which have been recorded and released on Naxos Records as individual recordings as well as a complete set. His highly praised performances of Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger and Parsifal, the latter of which earned Jaap van Zweden the prestigious Edison Award for Best Opera Recording in 2012, are available on CD/DVD.
Born in Amsterdam, Jaap van Zweden was appointed at age nineteen as the youngest-ever concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He began his conducting career nearly twenty years later in 1996. He remains Honorary Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic where he served as Chief Conductor from 2005-2013, served as Chief Conductor of the Royal Flanders Orchestra from 2008-11, and was Music Director from 2008-2018 of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra where he currently holds the title Conductor Laureate. Van Zweden was named Musical America’s 2012 Conductor of the Year and was the subject of an October 2018 CBS 60 Minutes profile. Recently, he was awarded the prestigious 2020 Concertgebouw Prize, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic under Jaap van Zweden’s leadership was named Gramophone’s 2019 Orchestra of the Year.
In 1997, Jaap van Zweden and his wife Aaltje established the Papageno Foundation, the objective being to support families of children with autism. Now, over 20 years later, the Foundation has grown into a multi-faceted organization which, through various initiatives and activities, focuses on the development of children and young adults with autism. The Foundation provides in-home music therapy to children through a national network of qualified music therapists in the Netherlands; opened the Papageno House in August 2015 (with Her Majesty Queen Maxima in attendance) for young adults with autism to live, work and participate in the community; created a research center at the Papageno House for early diagnosis and treatment of autism and for analyzing the effects of music therapy on autism; develops funding opportunities to support autism programs; and launched the app, TEAMPapageno, which allows children with autism to communicate with each other through music composition.
Michael Tilson Thomas is Founder and Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, Music Director Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, and Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra. In addition to conducting the world’s leading orchestras, MTT is also noted for his work as a composer and a producer of multimedia projects that are dedicated to music education and the reimagination of the concert experience. He has won eleven Grammys for his recordings, is the recipient of the National Medal of Arts and the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors, and is an Officier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France.
Sir Simon Rattle est né à Liverpool et a étudié à la Royal Academy of Music.
De 1980 à 1998, Sir Simon a été chef principal et conseiller artistique de l’Orchestre symphonique de Birmingham et a été nommé directeur musical en 1990. En 2002, il a occupé le poste de directeur artistique et chef principal du Berliner Philharmoniker, où il est resté jusqu’à la fin de la saison 2017-18. Sir Simon a été nommé directeur musical de l’Orchestre symphonique de Londres en septembre 2017, poste qu’il a occupé jusqu’à la saison 2023-24, date à laquelle il est devenu chef émérite de l’orchestre. En 2023-24, Sir Simon a pris le poste de chef principal de l’Orchestre symphonique de la Bayerischer Rundfunk à Munich. Il est un artiste principal de l’Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment et le fondateur bienfaiteur du Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
Sir Simon a réalisé plus de 70 enregistrements pour le label EMI (aujourd’hui Warner Classics) et a reçu de nombreux prix internationaux prestigieux pour ses enregistrements sur divers labels. Les sorties chez EMI comprennent la Symphonie des psaumes de Stravinsky (qui a reçu un Grammy Award pour la meilleure performance chorale), la Symphonie fantastique de Berlioz, L’enfant et les sortilèges de Ravel, la Suite Casse-Noisette de Tchaïkovski, la Symphonie no 2 de Mahler, Le Sacre du printemps de Stravinsky et Les Cloches et Danses symphoniques de Rachmaninov, tous enregistrés avec le Berliner Philharmoniker. Ses enregistrements les plus récents incluent La Damnation de Faust de Berlioz, Woven Space de Helen Grime, Pelléas et Mélisande de Debussy, Remembering de Turnage, et Le Christ au mont des Oliviers de Beethoven, tous sortis sous le propre label discographique de l’Orchestre symphonique de Londres, LSO Live.
Sir Simon fait régulièrement des tournées en Europe, aux États-Unis et en Asie, et entretient des relations étroites et durables avec les orchestres les plus prestigieux du monde. Il dirige régulièrement la Staatskapelle Berlin, le Berliner Philharmoniker, l’Orchestre de chambre d’Europe et la Philharmonique tchèque. Parmi ses récents temps forts lyriques, citons Der Rosenkavalier avec le Metropolitan Opera de New York, Katya Kabanova de Janáček avec la Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin et Wozzeck avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Londres au Festival d’Aix en Provence.
L’éducation musicale revêt une importance primordiale pour Sir Simon, et son partenariat avec le Berliner Philharmoniker a ouvert de nouvelles voies avec le programme éducatif Zukunft@Bphil, lui valant le prix Comenius, le prix spécial Schiller de la ville de Mannheim, la Golden Camera et la médaille Urania. Lui et le Berliner Philharmoniker ont également été nommés ambassadeurs internationaux de l’UNICEF en 2004, une première pour un ensemble artistique. En 2019, Sir Simon a annoncé la création de la LSO East London Academy, développée par l’Orchestre symphonique de Londres en partenariat avec 10 arrondissements de l’est de Londres. Ce programme gratuit vise à identifier et à développer le potentiel des jeunes Londoniens de 11 à 18 ans présentant un talent musical exceptionnel, indépendamment de leur milieu ou de leur situation financière. Sir Simon a été anobli par Sa Majesté la reine Elizabeth II en 1994 et a reçu l’Ordre du Mérite en 2014. Il a reçu l’Ordre du Mérite à Berlin en 2018. En 2019, Sir Simon a reçu la liberté de la Ville de Londres.
Sa première saison (23/24) en tant que chef principal de l’Orchestre symphonique de la Bayerischer Rundfunk comprendra des tournées aux États-Unis et en Europe, des concerts d’Idomeneo, ainsi qu’une importante nouvelle commande de Thomas Adès. Il apparaîtra également dans des concerts avec l’Orchestre de chambre Mahler, le Berliner Philharmoniker, l’Orchestre de chambre d’Europe, la Philharmonique tchèque, l’Orchestre symphonique de Londres et au Festival de Verbier 2024.
Fabio Luisi est un chef d’orchestre reconnu pour la rigueur de son interprétation. Aussi bien à l’étranger que dans son pays natal, l’Italien s’est illustré comme Directeur général de la musique de l’Opéra de Zurich. Il a été Chef principal du Metropolitan Opera de New York de 2011 à 2017, un poste qu’il occupait auparavant à l’Orchestre Symphonique de Vienne, mais aussi Directeur musical de l’Orchestre de la Suisse romande, Directeur général de la musique de la Staatskapelle et du Staatsoper de Dresde, ou encore Chef principal du MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra de Leipzig pour ne citer qu’eux. Récompensé d’un Grammy, il a remporté le prix très convoité de la critique italienne Prix Franco Abbiati, le Grifo d’Oro de la ville de Gênes et a été promu Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana et Commedatore de l’Ordine della Stella.
« Icône de la musique ancienne » d’après le Süddeutsche Zeitung, Reinhard Goebel est une référence mondiale des répertoires des XVIIe, XVIIIe, et début XIXe siècles. Parmi ses récent succès critiques figure l’album multi-primé Beethoven’s World (Sony Classical), sur lequel on peut entendre de remarquables ensembles allemands (WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Münchner Rundfunkorchester), dix solistes et sept créations mondiales. En 2021/22, le CD New Mozarts, interprété avec le Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, se concentre sur des arrangements et compositions (enregistrements pour la plupart inédits) de Mozart. Goebel est en outre le fondateur du légendaire ensemble Musica Antiqua Köln, qu’il dirige depuis 33 ans.
« Christian Zacharias conducted without a baton, but his gestures – painting with arms, hands and fingers – was so inspiring, structuring the wonderful music that was created. »
Christian Zacharias is a narrator among the conductors and pianists of his generation. In each of his elaborate, detailed and clearly articulated interpretations, it’s clear what he means: Zacharias is interested in what lies behind the notes.
With a unique combination of integrity and individuality, brilliant linguistic expressiveness, deep musical understanding and a sure artistic instinct, paired with his charismatic and engaging artistic personality, Christian Zacharias has established himself not only as a world-class pianist and conductor, but also as a musical thinker. Numerous acclaimed concerts with the world’s best orchestras and outstanding conductors as well as multiple honors and recordings characterize his international career.
Since the 2017/18 season, Christian Zacharias holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, and from 2020 will hold the same position with the Orquestra Sinfonica Do Porto Casa da Musica, and was named Honorary Conductor of the George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest.
In general, the Classical-Romantic repertoire builds an important musical focus, as shown in return engagements with the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, the Orchester Philharmonique Monte Carlo, or the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiano in Lugano. Zacharias gladly presents more modern works in his programs, such as works from Schoenberg and Bruckner.
On the occasion of his 70th birthday, Christian Zacharias will give a few last piano recitals in the musical centers of Europe, for example in Paris, London and Rome.
Zacharias‘ longtime musical partners include the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Konzerthausorchester and the Bamberger Symphoniker. He’s also developed a special love of opera and has directed productions of Mozart’s La Clemenza the Tito and The Marriage of Figaro, as well as Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène. The production of Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, which he conducted at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, was awarded the Prix de l’Europe Francophone 2014 by the Association Professionnelle de la Critique Théâtre, Musique et Danse in Paris.
Since 1990, various films have also been produced featuring Christian Zacharias: Domenico Scarlatti in Seville, Robert Schumann – the Poet Speaks (both for INA, Paris), Zwischen Bühne und Künstlerzimmer (for WDR-arte), De B comme Beethoven à Z comme Zacharias (for RTS, Switzerland) as well as the complete Beethoven piano concertos (for SSR-arte).
His piano lectures on topics such as Why does Schubert sound like Schubert? or Haydn: A Creation from Nothing? offer his audiences impressive insights.
The musical work of Christian Zacharias has been honored many times, for example with the Midem Classical Award Artist of the Year 2007, the honorable award Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French state and a tribute from Romania for his services to culture. In addition, Christian Zacharias was appointed a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 2016, and in 2017 received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg.
Numerous internationally acclaimed recordings were made during his time as Principal Conductor of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Particularly noteworthy are the recordings of the complete Mozart piano concertos – awarded the Diapason d’Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique and ECHO Klassik – as well as the complete Schumann symphonies.
Since 2015, Christian Zacharias is chairman of the jury of the Clara Haskil Competition, and in 2018 president of the jury of the Geza Anda Competition where he also conducted the final concert.
L’éclatante carrière de l’Italien Claudio Vandelli lui ouvre les portes des plus grandes salles (Philharmonie de Berlin, Royal Albert Hall) pour diriger des formations telles que le Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, le Gürzenich Orchestra Köln et les Hamburger Symphoniker. Il est actuellement chef principal des Würth Philharmoniker, fondés en 2017, et chef invité permanent du Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra de Moscou, avec lequel il vient de célébrer ses 10 ans en résidence. Claudio Vandelli s’attèle avec passion à former les nouvelles générations de musiciens d’orchestre professionnels. Parmi les ensembles de talents qu’il a accompagnés, on peut citer les trois formations orchestrales du Verbier Festival et, plus récemment, le Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra, en résidence au Tsinandali Festival en Géorgie depuis septembre 2019.
Paul McCreesh has guest conducted many of the major orchestras and choirs across the globe, including most recently the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Bergen Philharmonic, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Verbier Festival orchestras, and Berlin Konzerthausorchester. McCreesh also enjoys regular and ongoing collaborations with Saint Paul and Basel Chamber Orchestras.
In 2019/20, he conducted Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2 and excerpts from Schubert’s Rosamunde with the New Japan Philharmonic, Haydn’s Creation with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Handel’s Messiah with the Casa da Música Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Haydn’s London Symphony & Beethoven’s C Major Mass with Filharmonia Poznanska, with whom he conducts again this season.
In the previous season, he conducted works by Elgar, Haydn and Brahms with the Kammerakademie Potsdam, a programme of Elgar, Britten and Mendelssohn with the Bamberger Symphoniker, he returned to the Filharmonia Poznanska for some Rossini and Britten, and conducted performances with the MDR Sinfonieorchester at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and the Basel Chamber Orchestra.
From 2013-2016 he was Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of the Gulbenkian Orchestra (Lisbon) with whom he conducted a wide range of music from the classical period through to the nineteenth and twentieth century, focusing in particular on symphonic repertoire, oratorio and opera in concert, working closely with the world-renowned Gulbenkian Choir.
McCreesh has established a strong reputation in the opera house and has conducted productions at the Teatro Real Madrid, Royal Danish Opera, Opera Comique, Vlaamse Opera and at the Verbier Festival, and most recently he conducted Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Bergen Opera, and returned to Vlaamse Opera for a production of Idomeneo.
In 2011, McCreesh launched his own record label, Winged Lion, in collaboration with the Gabrieli Consort & Players, Signum Classics and the Wratislavia Cantans Festival, where he was Artistic Director between 2006 and 2012. To date they have made seven recordings, most recently Haydn The Seasons, released in spring 2017 and lauded by critics: “the communal sense of joy is infectious” (Financial Times) and “Glorious” (Guardian).
Kurt Masur is well known to orchestras and audiences alike as both a distinguished conductor and a humanist. In September 2002 he became music director of the Orchestre National de France in Paris, and, in September 2008, became that ensemble’s honorary music director for life. From September 2000 to 2007 he was principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1991 to 2002 he was Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, and was subsequently named Music Director Emeritus — the first New York Philharmonic music director to receive that title, and only the second (after Leonard Bernstein, who had been named Laureate Conductor) to be so recognized. The New York Philharmonic established the Kurt Masur Fund for the Orchestra, which endows a conductor debut week at the Philharmonic in his honor in perpetuity. From 1970 until 1996 Mr. Masur served as Gewandhaus Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, a position of profound historic importance; upon his retirement in 1996 the Gewandhaus named him its first-ever conductor laureate. Mr. Masur is a guest conductor with the world’s leading orchestras and holds the lifetime title of honorary guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. In July 2007 he celebrated his 80th birthday in a concert at the BBC Proms in London, where he conducted the joint forces of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France.
A professor at the Leipzig Academy of Music since 1975, Kurt Masur has received numerous honors, including the Cross of the Order of Merits of the Federal Republic of Germany (1995); Gold Medal of Honor for Music from the National Arts Club (1996); the titles of Commander of the Legion of Honor from the French Government, and of New York City Cultural Ambassador from the City of New York (1997); and the Commander Cross of Merit of the Polish Republic (1999). In March 2002 the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Johannes Rau, bestowed upon him the Cross with Star of the Order of Merits of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in September 2007 he received the Great Cross of the Legion of Honor with Star and Ribbon from the President of Germany, Horst Köhler.
In September 2008 Mr. Masur received the Furtwängler Prize in Bonn, Germany. He is also an honorary citizen of his hometown, Brieg. He has made more than 100 recordings with numerous orchestras, and in 2008 celebrated 60 years as a professional conductor.