Manfred Honeck

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Manfred Honeck (2013)

Manfred Honeck (born September 17, 1958 in Nenzing ) is an Austrian violist and conductor . Since 2008 he has been music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra .

Career

Honeck was born in 1958 in the market town of Nenzing in Vorarlberg and grew up in Vienna . He studied violin and viola at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . From 1983 he worked as a violist with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and later with the Vienna Philharmonic .

Honeck began his conducting career in 1987 as Claudio Abbado's assistant at the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Vienna. He was the director of the Jeunesses-Musicales-Orchester Vienna. In 1989 he made his debut at the Vienna Volksoper with the operetta Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss . From 1991 to 1996 he was first conductor at the Zurich Opera House , where he received the European Conducting Prize in 1993 . Other early stages in his career include Leipzig, where he was one of the three main conductors of the MDR Symphony Orchestra alongside Fabio Luisi and Marcello Viotti from 1996 to 1999 , and Oslo, where he not only took over the musical direction of the Norwegian National Opera for one year at short notice in 1997 , but also from 1998 as principal guest conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra .

From 2000 to 2006 he was chief conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Stockholm, from 2008 to 2011 and again from 2013 to 2016 he was chief guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic in Prague.

From 2007 to 2011, Honeck was general music director of the Stuttgart State Opera . There he conducted many premieres as well as numerous symphony concerts with the Stuttgart State Orchestra . Guest performances in the field of opera have taken him to the Semperoper Dresden, the Komische Oper Berlin, the Royal Opera in Copenhagen, the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg and the Salzburg Festival . He has been Artistic Director of the International Wolfegger Concerts for over 20 years.

Honeck has been Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since the 2008/09 season . His contract was recently extended to the 2021/22 season. Guest performances regularly take him to music metropolises and to major music festivals, including the BBC Proms , the Musikfest Berlin , the Lucerne Festival , the Rheingau Music Festival , the Beethovenfest Bonn , the Grafenegg Festival , Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center in New York. Honeck and his orchestra maintain a close relationship with the Wiener Musikverein . After a one-week residency in 2012, three more concerts followed in spring 2016 as part of a European tour. In the summer of 2017, another tour led to Europe's most important music festivals.

His activity in Pittsburgh is documented by numerous recordings. All of the SACDs for Reference Recordings received a large number of excellent reviews. After two Grammy nominations for Dvořák's Eighth Symphony and the Symphonic Suite from Jenůfa by Janáček, conceived by Honeck himself, as well as for Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in 2015 and 2016, the current recording, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, was awarded two in January 2018 Grammys named "Best Orchestral Performance" and "Best Engineered Album, Classical". The recording of Beethoven's Eroica and R. Strauss' Horn Concerto, which was released in autumn 2018, was also nominated for two Grammys in the aforementioned categories.

As a guest conductor, Honeck has conducted all leading international orchestras, including the Staatskapelle Berlin , the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , the Berlin Philharmonic , the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden , the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra , the London Symphony Orchestra , the Vienna Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra or the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra . He is often a guest at the Verbier Festival . In the 2017/18 season he will conduct the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra , the Orchester de Paris , the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , the Israel Philharmonic , the Vienna Symphony , the New York Philharmonic , the Bamberg Symphony and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia .

Honeck was awarded honorary doctorates by several US universities. On behalf of the Austrian Federal President, he was honored in 2016 with the professional title of "Professor". The expert jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) named him “Artist of the Year” in 2018.

family

Honeck has eight siblings. His brother Rainer Honeck is concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic . He is married and has six children.

Honors

  • 1993 European Conductor Award / European Culture Award Pro Europa
  • 2004 Best list 4-2004 of the German Record Critics' Prize
  • 2006 best list 3-2006 of the German Record Critics' Prize
  • 2009 Best List 2-2009 of the German Record Critics' Prize
  • 2009 ECHO Klassik (with Frank Peter Zimmermann and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra) in the category “Concert Recording of the Year (20th – 21st Century / Violin)” for Karol Szymanowski / Benjamin Britten, violin concerts
  • 2010 Honorary Doctorate , St Vincent Colleges, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
  • 2011 ECHO Klassik (with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra) in the category "The World - First Recording of the Year" for Jeanne d'Arc - Scenes from the life of Saint Johanna (Braunfels)
  • 2012 International Classical Music Award (with Sunhae Im and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) in the “Symphonic Music” category for Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4th
  • 2014 ECHO Klassik (with Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Berliner Philharmoniker) in the “Concert Recording of the Year” category for Dvorák
  • 2014 Honorary Doctorate, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh / Pennsylvania
  • 2014 nomination for the Grammy Award in the category "Best Orchestral Performance" for Dvorák: Symphony No. 8th; Janáček: Symphonic Suite From Jenůfa
  • 2015 nomination for the Grammy Award in the category "Best Orchestral Performance" for Bruckner: Symphony No. 4th
  • 2016 Honorary Doctorate , The Catholic University of America , Washington, DC
  • 2016 Awarded the Austrian title of professor
  • 2017 Grammy Award (with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) in the category "Best Orchestral Performance" for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio
  • 2018 International Classical Music Award in the category "Artist of the Year"
  • 2018 Grammy nomination for the Grammy Award in the category "Best Orchestral Performance" for Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 / Strauss Horn Concerto

Discography (selection)

  • 2018 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Strauss: Horn Concerto (William Caballero) (SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album), Reference Recordings. Grammy nomination 2018 "Best Orchestral Performance" and "Best Engineered Album, Classical"
  • 2017 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Barber: Adagio (SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album), Reference Recordings, FR 724SACD. Grammy Award 2018 "Best Orchestral Performance" and "Best Engineered Album, Classical"
  • 2017 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, L. Crow, A. Staples, D. Welton, J. Martinik, S. Callow - B. Martinu: The Epic of Gilgamesh , Supraphon.
  • 2017 Wiener Symphoniker - Spring in Vienna , works by Ziehrer, Suppe, Beethoven, Schönherr, R. and E. Strauss, Symphonia (distr. By Sony) 5683485.
  • 2016 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 , Dvořák: Rusalka Fantasy (arr.Honeck / Ille) (SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel), Reference Recordings, FR-720SACD.
  • 2016 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - R. Strauss: Elektra (arr.Honeck / Ille) - Rosenkavalier (SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel), Reference Recordings, FR-722SACD.
  • 2015 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No. 7 (SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel), Reference Recordings, FR-718SACD.
  • 2015 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel), Reference Recordings, FR-713SACD. Grammy Nominated.
  • 2014 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 , Janáček: Symphonic Suite From Jenůfa (Arr.Honeck / Ille) (SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel), Reference Recordings, FR-710SACD. Grammy Nominated.
  • 2013 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - R. Strauss: Don Juan / Death And Transfiguration / Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks (SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel), Reference Recordings, FR-707SACD.
  • 2013 Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker - Dvořák: Violin Concerto (CD, album + DVD-V), Deutsche Grammophon, 479 1984, 00289 479 1984.
  • 2011 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel), Exton, OVCL-00460.
  • 2011 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Michelle DeYoung, The Mendelssohn Choir Of Pittsburgh, Children's Festival Chorus Of Pittsburgh - Mahler: Symphony No.3 (2xSACD, Hybrid, Album), Exton, OVCL-00450.
  • 2010 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Michael Rusinek - R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel), Exton, OVCL-0338.
  • 2010 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Sunhae Im, Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (SACD, Hybrid), Exton, EXCL-00048.
  • 2010 State Orchestra, State Opera Choir and Collegium Iuvenum Stuttgart, S. Schneider, G. Romberger, M. Klink - W. Braunfels: Large Mass , op. 37, Decca.
  • 2009 Frank Peter Zimmermann, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Britten: Violin Concerto (CD, album), Sony, 88697439992.
  • 2009 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 1 "Titan" (CD), Exton, EXCL-00026.
  • 2006 Vienna Philharmonic, Martinez, Koch, Mathey, Degout, Donath, Aleen - Mozart: Così fan tutte (Salzburg Festival), Decca.
  • 2006 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir * - llan Pettersson: Symphony No 12 "De Döda På Torget" (CD, album), cpo, 777146-2.
  • 2001 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Banse, Missenhardt, Stenswold - W. Braunfels: Jeanne d'Arc - Scenes from the life of St. Johanna , Decca.
  • 2000 Matthias Goerne, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Arias , Decca.

literature

  • Tobias Pfleger: Honeck, Manfred . In: Julian Caskel, Hartmut Hein (Hrsg.): Handbuch Dirigenten. 250 portraits . Bärenreiter, Kassel 2015, ISBN 978-3-7618-2174-9 , pp. 199-200.

Web links

Commons : Manfred Honeck  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Tobias Pfleger: Honeck, Manfred . In: Julian Caskel, Hartmut Hein (Hrsg.): Handbuch Dirigenten. 250 portraits . Bärenreiter, Kassel 2015, ISBN 978-3-7618-2174-9 , pp. 199–200, here: p. 199.
  2. ↑ Honeck contract extended as PSO elects new chairman, posts budget surplus | TribLIVE. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Pittsburgh Symphony 2017 European Festival Tour. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (American English).
  4. ↑ PR² classic | Grammy nomination Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck / Bruckner 4 (December 2015). Retrieved January 29, 2018 (American English).
  5. ↑ Grammy Nomination: Pittsburgh Symphony's Dvorak No. 8 - Soundmirror . In: Soundmirror . December 5, 2014 ( soundmirror.com [accessed January 29, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Rob Cowan: DVOŘÁK Symphony No 8 JANÁČEK Jenufa Suite. September 19, 2014, accessed January 29, 2018 .
  7. ↑ CD Review: Honeck and the PSO Deliver Deeply Moving Performances of Shostakovich and Barber - Culture Spot LA. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (American English).
  8. ^ Tribune Review: Pittsburgh Symphony wins 2 Grammys for Shostakovich recording. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (American English).
  9. ↑ michael.huber: Kendrick Lamar tops the list for Grammy nominations. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk: BR-KLASSIK: Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2017 | BR.de . June 6, 2017 ( br.de [accessed January 29, 2018]).
  11. ^ Berliner Philharmoniker: Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 / Honeck Berlin Philharmonic. January 3, 2017, accessed January 29, 2018 .
  12. ↑ From the old and the new world - Staatskapelle Dresden. Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
  13. ^ Sovereign Mahler from Matthias Goerne. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (German).
  14. ^ Mozart and Mahler make for an enigmatic evening with the London Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (German).
  15. ^ Mozart, Così fan tutte. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (American English).
  16. ^ Boston Classical Review »Blog Archive» Honeck, Lewis and BSO bring fresh life to familiar works. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (American English).
  17. ^ Manfred Honeck Crafts Small Details to Deliver the Big Picture . In: San Francisco Classical Voice . ( sfcv.org [accessed January 29, 2018]).
  18. ^ Richard S. Ginell: Review: Manfred Honeck's Disney Hall debut with LA Phil electrifies . In: Los Angeles Times . November 22, 2013, ISSN  0458-3035 ( latimes.com [accessed January 29, 2018]).
  19. ↑ Manfred Honeck & SSO | SmartShanghai. Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
  20. ^ Gil Shaham exceptionnel dans le Concerto de Tchaïkovski «Concerts« La Scène »ResMusica. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (fr-fr).
  21. ^ John von Rhein: Manfred Honeck shows why he remains one of the CSO's most valued guest conductors . In: chicagotribune.com . ( chicagotribune.com [accessed January 29, 2018]).
  22. ^ Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: The IPO 80th ANNIVERSARY - Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. December 5, 25, 2016, accessed on January 29, 2018 .
  23. ^ Wiener Symphoniker: Wiener Symphoniker | Spring in Vienna | Manfred Honeck | CD trailer. January 6, 2017, accessed January 29, 2018 .
  24. ^ Zachary Woolfe: Review: Manfred Honeck Leads the New York Philharmonic . In: The New York Times . April 8, 2016, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed January 29, 2018]).
  25. ↑ Audi Summer Concerts 2017: Kick-off with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra . In: presseportal.de . ( presseportal.de [accessed on January 29, 2018]).
  26. ↑ Manfred Honeck a Santa Cecilia sul podio l'austriaco che ama Debussy - Roma - Repubblica.it . In: Roma - La Repubblica . ( repubblica.it [accessed January 29, 2018]).
  27. ^ Matthias Nöther: Everything from one claw ( Memento from November 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In: noethers-kritiken.de , February 8, 2013, accessed on September 18, 2013.
  28. ↑ Honeck . In: ks-gasteig.de , season 2017/18, accessed on January 29, 2018.
  29. ↑ Season 2017/2018 (January 2018): Honeck. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (German).
  30. ↑ Soaring in the Mozart year ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ; PDF). In: Vorarlberg Week. January 13, 2006.
  31. ^ STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Grafenegg: Two brothers in the Nenzinger sky . In: derStandard.at . ( derstandard.at [accessed on February 16, 2018]).
  32. ^ Carnegie Mellon University (CMU): 117th Commencement - Carnegie Mellon University | CMU. Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
  33. ↑ Commencement 2016. Accessed January 29, 2018 (English).
  34. ↑ Well- deserved recognition for Vorarlberg's star conductor Honeck . Vorarlberger Landeskorrespondenz from May 29, 2016, accessed on July 11, 2016.
  35. ↑ Grammy for Honeck - vorarlberg.ORF.at. Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
  36. ↑ orf.at: International award for Honeck . Article from January 18, 2018, accessed on January 18, 2018.
  37. ↑ Manfred Honeck. April 14, 2015, accessed December 10, 2018 .
  38. ↑ Manfred Honeck. Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
  39. ↑ Media. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Honeck, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian violist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Nenzing