David Danzmayr

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David Danzmayr (* 1980 in Austria ) is an Austrian conductor . He is chief conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic and the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio.

Life

He studied at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He completed his studies in 2005 with the highest distinction. During his studies he received a conducting scholarship from the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra under Claudio Abbado and Pierre Boulez . In June 2006 he became musical director of the Ensemble Acrobat founded by Reinhard Febel and from December 2009 he was guest conductor of the Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute (AISOI).

Danzmayr was assistant conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for three years and conducted the orchestra in more than 70 concerts in all leading concert halls in Scotland. As a guest conductor, Danzmayr has already conducted the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Heidelberg . He has already assisted conductors such as Neeme Järvi , Sir Andrew Davis and Pierre Boulez.

In 2012, Danzmayr conducted the opening concert of the Wörthersee Classics Festival .

From 2012 to 2016 he was music director of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since 2013 he has been chief conductor of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio, and has also been chief conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic since 2016 .

Awards

In 2005 Danzmayr took part in the Nikolai Malko competition , which takes place every three years , and won the talent award. In 2012 Danzmayr took part again in the Nikolai Malko competition and came fourth. The fourth prize is € 4,000. He was the only European conductor to reach the finals of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti Competition. He was awarded the Bernhard Paumgartner Medal by the International Mozarteum Foundation. In 2013 he won 2nd prize at the International Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elizabeth Trompedeller: A Schubert evening: David Danzmayr conducts the Haydn Orchestra in Merano . ( Memento from April 13, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: kultur.bz, November 16, 2010
  2. ↑ Malko Competition 2012 - Candidates ( Memento from May 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b Conductors - Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute 2013 ( Memento from August 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra - About
  5. ^ Doug Buchanan: ProMusica locks in artistic leaders after another strong financial year. In: bizjournals.com. 22nd January 2017 .;
  6. ↑ Chief Conductor on: Zagreb Philharmonic
  7. ^ David Smith: Malko Competition larger than ever. ( Memento from March 8, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) May 8, 2009
  8. ↑ Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, pp. 118 + 119
  9. ^ Third round is behind them. Now they are six in the semifinal. ( Memento from May 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Malko competition 2012
  10. ↑ The prizes. ( Memento from April 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) April 24, 2012
  11. ^ Winner Mahler Competition

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personal data
SURNAME Danzmayr, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Austria