Matthias Bamert

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Matthias Bamert (born July 5, 1942 in Ersigen in the canton of Bern ) is a Swiss composer and conductor .

Life

Bamert studied music in Switzerland as well as in Darmstadt and Paris with Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen , whose influence can also be found in his own compositions from the 1970s. From 1965 to 1969 he was the first oboist at the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg , but then worked mainly as a conductor. His international career began as an assistant to George Szell and later Leopold Stokowski at the Cleveland Orchestra ; under Lorin Maazel he was Resident Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. From 1977 to 1983 he was chief conductor of the Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra.

In 1983 Bamert and the Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra opened the series “Kindergarten Concert”, the first edition of which (entitled “Circus”) was awarded the “ Prix ​​Jeunesse international ”. This series was produced by the Swiss television DRS and the Bayerischer Rundfunk with 9 episodes until 1986 and then repeatedly broadcast on the ARD. Its aim was to promote acoustic perception skills in young children and also included a high level of musical entertainment in the afternoon television program.

He then took on further engagements in Europe, such as the position of guest conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and from 1985 to 1990 the position of director of the Glasgow Contemporary Music Festival Musica Nova . He built a reputation for innovative programming and conducting world premieres by composers such as Toru Takemitsu , John Casken , James MacMillan and Wolfgang Rihm . In 1987 he took up his first residence in London ; from 1993 to 2000 he was director of the London Mozart Players .

Since 1990 he has conducted almost all the world's major symphony orchestras as a guest conductor, including those in Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Minnesota, Japan, the Salzburg Mozarteum , Leipzig and Saint Petersburg. Bamert is best known for his commitment to new music, the unknown music of the 18th century and the neglected music of all eras.

From 2005 to 2008 Bamert was chief conductor of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The commercially unavailable TV report from November 8, 1983 can be viewed in full in the media section of his homepage http://www.matthias-bamert.com/index.php?article_id=5 , accessed on October 27 2014
  2. ↑ Dossier: Children's programs on Swiss television - published August 4th, 2009, ( Memento of September 9th, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
personal data
SURNAME Bamert, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Ersigen