Johannes Wildner

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Johannes Wildner (born March 5, 1956 in Mürzzuschlag , Styria ) is an Austrian conductor and university professor.

Life

Johannes Wildner studied conducting in Vienna and Parma (with Karl Österreicher , Otmar Suitner and Vladimir Delman), violin and did a doctorate in musicology. His time as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera had a lasting impact on his conducting and making music.

After positions as chief conductor of the State Philharmonic Košice (Slovakia, 1990–93) and at the Prague State Opera (1994/95) as well as First Permanent Conductor of the Leipzig Opera (1996–98), Johannes Wildner was General Music Director of the New Westphalia Philharmonic from 1997 to 2007 in Recklinghausen , which is also the opera orchestra of the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen. Several guest conductors at major opera houses followed.

From 2010 to 2014 Johannes Wildner was Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra in London. Since 2013 he has also been director of the opera festival “Oper Burg Gars” in Gars am Kamp in northern Lower Austria.

In October 2014 he followed his appointment as professor of conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . Wildner has been conducting the Johann Strauss Orchestra at the Musikverein in Vienna on Austria's national holiday since 2008 .

From 2019 to 2022, Johannes Wildner is the new chief conductor of the Sønderjyllands Symphony Orchestra. in Denmark .

Wildner is a regular guest conductor at major opera houses such as the Volksoper Vienna , Graz Opera House , Salzburg State Theater , Leipzig Opera House , Prague State Opera , Zagreb , Arena di Verona and New National Theater Tokyo . He has made guest appearances with large radio orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , the German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern , the MDR Symphony Orchestra , the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra . He has also conducted well-known orchestras such as the Vienna Symphony Orchestra , the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic , the Dresden Philharmonic and the German State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate , the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra , the Haydn Orchestra Bozen-Trient, the Gelders Orkest (HGO), the Orchester Symphonique de Bretagne, the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo , the Russian National Orchestra (RNO), the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg , the Bruckner Orchester Linz , the Tonkünstler Orchestra Lower Austria , RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO), Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra , Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic, and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra .

Recordings

Johannes Wildner has recorded numerous CDs, DVDs and videos, including the complete recordings of Fledermaus and Così fan tutte , live recordings of Carmen , Le nozze di Figaro and Così fan tutte as well as the 3rd and 9th symphonies by Anton Bruckner . Recent recordings include three CDs with an unknown repertoire by Erich Zeisl , Joseph Marx and Johann Nepomuk David , as well as in 2010 the complete works for piano and orchestra by Robert Schumann with pianist Lev Vinocour and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra . In 2013 his recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the young Canadian violinist Alexandre da Costa and Beethoven's 7th Symphony was released by Warner Classics. In 2014, works by Frédéric d'Erlanger and Walter Braunfels were recorded with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johannes Wildner
  2. ^ Opera Burg Gars: Artistic Direction , accessed on December 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna: New Teachers 2014 , accessed on April 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ Forunderlige musikhistoriervaf John Christiansen retrieved on November 18, 2018
  5. ↑ Johannes Wildner & the Sønderjyllands Symphony Orchestra , accessed on November 13, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Wildner, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian conductor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Mürzzuschlag