Graham Jackson

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Graham Jackson (born February 15, 1967 in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset , England, † July 23, 2012 in Cambridge ) was a British conductor and general music director of the theaters in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach .

After studying at Trinity College at Cambridge University from 1985 to 1988, Jackson completed a three-year conducting course at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester . In 1992 he was appointed to the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff , where he worked as Kapellmeister until 2000 . He has also made guest appearances at the Komische Oper Berlin , the Opera Northern Ireland, the Glyndebourne Festival , the Bastille Opera in Paris , the Frankfurt Opera , the Hamburg State Opera and the Vienna Volksoper .

As a concert conductor, Jackson has played with the Hallé Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra . In addition to the operatic repertoire, Jackson also made a name for himself as a conductor of world premieres. a. with works by Charlotte Seither , Stefan Heucke and Sidney Corbett .

From 2000 to 2003 he was the first conductor at the Bremen Theater. Graham Jackson has been general music director of the Krefeld and Mönchengladbach theaters since the 2003/2004 season and last performed as a conductor of concerts in both cities in early July 2012.

He leaves a wife and children.

Recordings (as a conductor)

  • Anthems for the Chapel Royal by Henry Purcell . - Hamburg: BMG Ariola, (1994)
  • Noach (phonogram) Corbett, Sidney. - Berlin: Detlef Kessler, P 2004
  • Essay on Shadow and Truth (CD) Seither, Charlotte. Edition Zeitklang (2011)
  • Nikolaus Groß. Oratorio for solos, choirs, organ and orchestra op.62 by Stefan Heucke (2011)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NI Opera, Headquarters in Belfast .
  2. ^ Rheinische Post
  3. ↑ www.artsjournal.com ( Memento from November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (obituary)
personal data
SURNAME Jackson, Graham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British conductor
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Burnham-on-Sea
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 2012
Place of death Cambridge