François-Xavier Roth
François-Xavier Roth (born November 6, 1971 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) is a French conductor .
biography
François-Xavier Roth is the son of the organist Daniel Roth . From 2011 until its merger with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2016, he was the music director of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg. Since September 1st, 2015 he has been Gürzenich Kapellmeister and General Music Director of the City of Cologne. He has been Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2017.
Roth has conducted well-known orchestras such as the Gürzenich Orchestra of the City of Cologne, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra . Among other things, he was a guest with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic , the Vienna Symphony , the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Bamberg Symphony , the Dutch Radio Orchestra, the Danish State Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Finnish Radio symphony orchestra.
Discography
- Jean-Louis Agobet , you. François-Xavier Roth, Orchester philharmonique de Strasbourg, Timpani Records (2005)
- Presto, you. François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles, Mirare (2007)
- Bizet - Chabrier, you. François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles, Mirare (2007) - Diapason Découverte
- Saint-Saëns - Chausson - Ysaÿe , you. François-Xavier Roth, violon: Tedi Papavrami, Orchester Philharmonique de Liège, Aeon (2009)
- Thierry Pécou - La Symphonie du Jaguar , dir. François-Xavier Roth, Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France, Harmonia Mundi (2009)
- Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique , dir. François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles, “Les Siècles Live”, Ed. Musicales Actes Sud , Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2010)
- Saint-Saëns - Concerto pour piano n ° 3 et Symphonie n ° 3 avec orgue , dir. François-Xavier Roth - Jean-François Heisser, piano - Daniel Roth, orgue - Les Siècles, "Les Siècles Live", Ed. Musicales Actes Sud , Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2010)
- Matalon - Trames 2, 4 et 8 , dir. François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles, “Les Siècles Live”, Ed. Musicales Actes Sud , Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2011)
- Stravinsky - "L'Oiseau de feu (ballet complet 1910)" Premier enregistrement sur instruments d'époque - Les Siècles, "Les Siècles Live", Ed. Musicales Actes Sud , Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2011) - German Record Critics' Prize, Edison Klassiek Prize 2012, Gramophone Choice
- Mahler / Webern - Symphony n ° 1 "Titan", Im Sommerwind - SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden & Freiburg, Ed; Haenssler Classic, 2012 [1]
- Dubois - "Concerto pour piano" et "Ouverture de Frithiof" - Les Siècles, "Les Siècles Live", Ed. Musicales Actes Sud , Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2012)
- Liszt - Dante Symphony & Orpheus - Les Siècles, "Les Siècles Live", Ed. Musicales Actes Sud , Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2012)
- Richard Strauss - Ein Heldenleben / Death and Transfiguration, Ed; Haenssler Classic, 2013
- Debussy - La Mer & Première Suite d'Orchestre (world premiere) _ Les Siècles, "Les Siècles Live", Ed. Musicales Actes Sud , Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2013)
- Dukas - L'Apprenti Sorcier / Cantate Velleda / Polyeucte, Ed. Musicales Actes Sud , Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2013)
- Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps (recréation de la version jouée le 29 mai 1913 / as heard as its 1913 premier) / Petrouchka (version 1911), Ed. Musicales Actes Sud , Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2014)
- Ravel - Daphnis & Chloé, Les Siècles, Ed. Harmonia Mundi (2017)
- Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (edited by Maurice Ravel) & Maurice Ravel - La Valse, Les Siècles, Ed. Harmonia Mundi (2020)
Awards and honors
- 2015: Annual German Record Critics' Award for the recording of " Le Sacre du Printemps " with Les Siècles
- 2020: Honorary Award of the German Record Critics
literature
- Wolfgang Sandner: A man for all pitches. Cologne's new general music director and Gürzenich Kapellmeister Francois-Xavier Roth , in: tactful. The magazine for events and sounds, publishing special Frankfurter Allgemeine No. 8 from November 15, 2014, page 13.
Web links
- Official website of François-Xavier Roth
- Official website of Les Siècles
- Interview from July 12, 2019 on the Berliner Festspiele Blog: A utopian orchestra
- Time online from July 10, 2019: François-Xavier Roth: Freehand through the galaxy , by Holger Hagedorn
- Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger from August 14, 2019: Walk with François-Xavier Roth "For me, Cologne meant Saturn back then" by Markus Schwering
- Hamburger Abendblatt from January 3, 2020: “First Class” podcast: When the orchestra hates - a conductor tells us, by Joachim Mischke
- Concerti from February 3, 2020 Interviews: François-Xavier Roth “It is not sacrilege to offer a new repertoire”, by Helge Birkelbach
Individual evidence
- ↑ Orchestra of Hearts. Retrieved June 14, 2020 .
- ^ Nmz KIZ Kulturinformationszentrum dated February 14, 2014: François-Xavier Roth new GMD of the Gürzenich Orchestra and the Cologne Opera (dpa) , accessed on November 23, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roth, François-Xavier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuilly-sur-Seine |