Jiří Kout
Jiří Kout (born December 26, 1937 in Nové Dvory u Kutné Hory , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech conductor .
Life
Coming from the eastern area of Prague, Kout experienced the Soviet influence early on , when he worked as a conductor in Pilsen at the Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla and was banned from performing there for four years. He used a business trip to the West in 1977 to leave the Czech Republic permanently.
Kout's career began from 1976 to 1985 with a post at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (in Düsseldorf and Duisburg ). After that he was GMD and opera director at the Saarbrücken Opera until 1991 , where he also conducted symphony concerts of the Saarland State Orchestra. From 1986 to 1990 he conducted the Ring des Nibelungen under the direction of Grischa Asagaroff in Saarbrücken. He became principal conductor at the Deutsche Oper Berlin . From 1993 to 1999 he was general music director of the Leipzig Opera . He became famous for his interpretations of the works of Leoš Janáček (such as his preparation of Jenůfa ).
When Kout was able to conduct again in Prague after the fall of the Iron Curtain , he also returned to the podium of the Czech Philharmonic .
Now he worked in the same years in Prague and in St. Gallen, Switzerland ( Theater St. Gallen ). Jiří Kout then directed the Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK (Prague Symphony Orchestra) from 2006 to 2013 .
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Individual evidence
Arthur Nikisch (1878–1886) | Gustav Mahler (1886–1888) | Otto Lohse (1912–1923) | Gustav Brecher (1924–1933) | Paul Schmitz (1933–1951) | Helmut Seydelmann (1951–1962) | Rolf Reuter (1961 / 63–1978) and Paul Schmitz (1964–1973) | Lothar Zagrosek (1990-1992) | Jiří Kout (1993–1999) | Michail Jurowski (1999–2001) | Riccardo Chailly (2005-2008) | Ulf Schirmer (since 2009)
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| SURNAME | Kout, Jiří |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nové Dvory u Kutné Hory , Czechoslovakia |