Keri-Lynn Wilson

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Keri-Lynn Wilson (2019)

Keri-Lynn Wilson (born May 17, 1967 in Winnipeg ) is a Canadian flautist and conductor for classical opera and concert repertoire.

childhood and education

Wilson was born into an accomplished family of musicians. Wilson added her own talent to her family's rich artistic tradition, which included an opera baritone and a pianist. Her mother, Lynn Sharples, was a professor of English at the University of Toulon, and her father, Carlisle Wilson, was a violinist and music teacher.

As a child she studied flute, piano and violin, was a member of the Winnipeg Youth Orchestra and performed as a flute soloist with the Winnipeg Symphony and Calgary Philharmonic. She also attended the Banff School of Music's summer program. She later continued her studies in the USA at the Juilliard School , where she studied flute with Julius Baker. She became increasingly interested in conducting under the direction of Otto-Werner Müller. During her studies at Juilliard, she first performed in May 1989 at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall . She graduated from Juilliard with a Masters in Flute and Conducting. She made her debut with the National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada at the age of 23. During her studies she worked as an assistant to Claudio Abbado .

Career

From 1994 to 1998 Wilson was Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra . After her time in Dallas she stepped into the international limelight as a guest conductor for opera and concert repertoire with extensive engagements in North and South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia. Wilson became musical director of the Slovenian Philharmonic in 2013, making it the first female chief conductor in the orchestra's history. She held the post during the 2014/15 season.

Her opera work has taken her to the following opera houses, among others: the Bavarian State Opera , Vienna State Opera , the Royal Opera House Covent Garden , Bolshoi Theater , Mariinski Theater , Teatro dell'Opera di Roma , Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Regio di Parma , Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , in the Arena of Verona and the Macerata Festival , Puccini Festival, the Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera , the Canadian Opera Company, Leipzig Opera , Prague State Opera , Opera Nice , Opera Bilbao, Royal Opera in Stockholm , the Oslo Opera House , Theatr Wielki Warsaw, Bucharest National Opera , Israeli Opera , Tokyo New National Theater , Opera Australia and Juilliard Opera.

Her operatic repertoire includes: Eugen Onegin , Pique Dame , Boris Godunow , Lady Macbeth of Mzensk , Jolanthe , Rusalka , Rigoletto , La Traviata , Simon Boccanegra , Nabucco , Don Carlos , Aida , Otello , Un ballo in maschera , Attila , Il Trovatore , Falstaff , Cosi fan tutte , Don Giovanni , Carmen , Faust , Roméo et Juliette , Manon Lescaut , Tosca , La Boheme , Turandot , Madama Butterfly , La fanciulla del West , Gianni Schicchi , La Rondine , Tannhäuser , The Flying Dutchman , Il Barbiere di Siviglia , Sigismondo , La Cenerentola , La fille du régiment , L'elisir d'amore , Lucia Di Lammermoor , Les mamelles de Tirésias , L'Heure Espagnol , Hansel and Gretel , Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci , The Merry Widow , The Emperor of Atlantis .

Her symphonic and concert work took her to Los Angeles, St. Louis, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Seattle, the Ravinia Festival, to Dallas, Houston, New York, Hanover, Aachen, Düsseldorf, Wiesbaden, Munich, and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival , to Paris, Vienna, Milan, Verona, Florence, Prague, Budapest, Moscow, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Madrid, Bilbao, Oviedo, Bratislava, Zagreb, Reykjavik, Jerusalem, Hong Kong, Beijing, Toronto, Montreal and Caracas.

Her repertoire ranges from classical to contemporary music. Personal favorites are Shostakovich , Tchaikovsky , Prokofiev , Mahler , Bruckner , Beethoven and Brahms .

In the 2018/19 season she conducted Rigoletto at the Oslo Opera House and Manon Lescaut at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. In concerts she conducted, for example, the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra or the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra at a gala concert with Joseph Calleja and Sondra Radvanovsky.

In 2020 she was nominated as "Conductor of the Year" for the Opus Klassik award for her recording of Rossini's Sigismondo .

Trivia

Wilson is exceptionally tall at 1.85 m. In an April 2004 article about her in the US edition of Vogue magazine, she said that while she was at Juilliard School in New York City, she felt that her size was more of an asset than a liability. “I loved growing up in New York. It belongs to me. "

Wilson speaks English, French, Russian, Italian and German.

Discography

Web links

Commons : Keri-Lynn Wilson  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short bio at last.fm
  2. ↑ Biography | Keri-lynn Wilson. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  3. ^ Bavarian State Opera: Wilson Keri-Lynn. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  4. ^ Hilbert Artists Management, Keri-Lynn Wilson. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Keri-Lynn Wilson. April 22, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2019 (UK English).
  6. ↑ Keri-Lynn Wilson, conducting. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  7. ^ Bavarian State Opera: Wilson Keri-Lynn. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Keri-Lynn Wilson, conducting. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  9. ↑ repertoire. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Calendar | Keri-lynn Wilson. Retrieved January 17, 2020 (English).
  11. ↑ OPUS KLASSIK. Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Bureau347 & Snowcap: Romance Outhere Music. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts: Gioachino Rossini: Sigismondo | BR classic. August 30, 2019, accessed November 25, 2019 .
  14. ^ NDR: CD published with Isabelle van Keulen. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  15. ^ NDR: "La Traviata" on DVD. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  16. ^ Giacomo Puccini: Turandot - Keri-Lynn Wilson | Releases. Retrieved November 25, 2019 (American English).
  17. ^ Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Keri-Lynn Wilson, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra * - Danzón. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Keri-Lynn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg