Martin Sieghart
Martin Sieghart (born March 12, 1951 in Vienna ) is an Austrian conductor and teacher.
Life
Sieghart studied piano , organ and violoncello in Vienna and in 1975 became principal cellist of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra . He founded a choir and a chamber orchestra, which he directed himself and with which he performed in particular the great oratorio works by Johann Sebastian Bach in Vienna. Performances took him to Munich , Rome and Salzburg before he made his debut as a conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in 1986 and ended his activity as an orchestral musician.
After having worked for a short time with the Noord Nederlands Orkest , he was appointed chief conductor of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in 1990 , a position he held until 1995. In 1992 he was also appointed head of the Linz Opera and the position of chief conductor of the Bruckner Orchester Linz , which he held until Dennis Russell Davies succeeded him in this position in the summer of 2002 . Between 2003 and 2008 Sieghart was chief conductor of the "Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra", and from 2005 to 2008 also that of the chamber orchestra "Spirit of Europe". Sieghart is a guest u. a. the Philharmonia Orchestra London, the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest , Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Moscow, the radio orchestras of Stuttgart, Berlin, Hanover, the Mozarteum Orchestra, etc. v. a. From 2002 to 2006 artistic director and artistic director of the opera festival “Mozart in Reinsberg”. From 2013 to 2015 he directed the "EntArteOpera" festival.
From 200 to 2016 he was a university professor for conducting at the University of Art in Graz. Since then he has been giving master classes on a regular basis, including a. in Italy, the Czech Republic and Germany.
Sieghart is a board member of the International Gustav Mahler Society in Vienna.
Discography (selection)
- Wiener Symphoniker: Cantata From the German Soul op. 28 by Hans Pfitzner , Label Arte Nova
- Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra: 47th Symphony in G major HOB I: 47, 62nd Symphony in D major HOB I: 62 and 75th Symphony in D major HOB I: 75 by Joseph Haydn
- Bruckner Orchester Linz: 1st Symphony in C minor ( WAB 101, Linz version), 3rd Symphony in D minor WAB 103 (1889) and 4th Symphony in E flat major WAB 104 by Anton Bruckner, each with Camerata Tokyo
- Bruckner Orchester Linz: Symphony in B minor D 759 and Great Symphony in C major D 944 by Franz Schubert , Label Arte Nova
- Bruckner Orchester Linz: 4th Symphony in C major by Franz Schmidt , Cesky Records
- Bruckner Orchester Linz: Complete recording Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Label Arte Nova
- Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra: Stories from the Vienna Woods by Johann Strauss , Label Arte Nova
- Spirit Of Europe: Mass No. 5 in A flat major, D 678 and Mass No. 6 in E flat major, D 950 by Franz Schubert, ORF and Gramola
- The Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra: Das Lied von der Erde , Symphonies No. 5.6 by Gustav Mahler , Octavia Records
Awards
- 2002: Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
- 2009: Honorary Conductor of the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
Web links
- Martin Sieghart's website accessed on August 28, 2014
- Martin Sieghart - Conductor website. Retrieved August 28, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ wienerzeitung.at of May 24, 2002, accessed on August 28, 2014
- ↑ Communication from the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, accessed on August 28, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sieghart, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cellist, music teacher and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |