Michael Lessky
Michael Lessky (born August 16, 1960 in Vienna ) is an Austrian conductor .
Life
Michael Lessky was born as the son of Friedrich Lessky and initially studied piano , organ and church music at the Diocesan Conservatory for Church Music of the Archdiocese of Vienna and jazz theory at the Conservatory of the City of Vienna . In 1986 he began his conductor training with Karl Österreicher at the Vienna University of Music , which he graduated in 1992. Between 1991 and 1995 he was an intern with Claudio Abbado at the Vienna State Opera and with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra .
He made his debut with the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic and the soloists Ildikó Raimondi , Hans Peter Blochwitz and Bernd Weikl in 1995 with the oratorio “ The Creation ” by Joseph Haydn at the Wiener Musikverein .
In 1983 he founded the Capella Francescana and in 1997 the Junge Philharmonie Wien . In 1999 and 2000 Lessky was artistic director of the St. Margarethen Opera Festival , where he conducted productions of the Magic Flute and Nabucco . He performed and created CD productions with international soloists at home and abroad, with the focus of his work being on the works of Schubert and the works of Mahler and Bruckner .
Repertoire (excerpt)
Opera
- Mozart : Così fan tutte
- Mozart: The Magic Flute
- Schubert: Rosamunde
- Schubert: Lazarus
- Verdi : Nabucco
Sacred works, choir, orchestra
- Beethoven : Mass in C major , Op. 86
- Bruckner : Te Deum in C major
- Brahms : A German Requiem op.45
- Britten : Missa brevis in D major for boys' choir and organ op.63
- Charpentier : Messe de Minuit
- Duruflé : Requiem op. 9 for soloists, choir, orchestra and organ
- Dvořák : Mass in D major op. 86 for solos, mixed Choir and organ
- Fauré : Requiem for soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra Op. 48
- Gounod : Cecilia Mass in G major
- Mendelssohn : A Midsummer Night's Dream op.21
- Mozart: Great Mass in C minor KV 427 / 414a
- Rossini : Petite Messe solennelle
- Saint-Saëns : Oratorio de Noël op.12
- Schumann : Requiem for Mignon from Goethe's Wilhelm Meister op. 98b for solos, choir and orchestra
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem
- Vierne : Mass solennelle in C sharp minor for choir and two organs op.16
Symphonic works
- Bach : Brandenburg Concerts No. 3 and No. 6
- Berg : Lyrical Suite for String Quartet
- Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique op.14
- Amber : Divertimento
- Liszt : Les Preludes
- Mahler : The Song of the Earth
- Prokofiev : Classical Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25
- Ravel : Boléro
- Schubert: Rosamunde , great romantic play with choirs, musical accompaniment and dances
- Strauss : Thus spoke Zarathustra
- Takács : The boat driver in the moon, music for the stage
- Tchaikovsky : The Nutcracker
- Wagner : Valkyries ride
- Webern : Slow movement for string quartet
Solo concerts
- Debussy : Danse sacrée - Danse profane
- Gershwin : Rhapsody in Blue
- Glass : Violin Concerto
- Haydn : Sinfonia concertante
- Hindemith : Funeral music for violin and strings
- Schnittke : Concerto grosso No. 2 for violin, cello and orchestra
- Schubert: Rondo for violin and string orchestra (string quartet) in A major, D 438
- Willi : Trumpet concert
Contemporary music
- Dallinger : German Requiem for mixed choir and organ
- Doderer : For orchestra. Orchestra study DWV 19
- Maderna : Cinque danze
- Nono : Y su sangre ya viene cantando (No. 2 from the Epitaffio for García Lorca) for flute and small orchestra
- Pärt : Missa Syllabica for four-part mixed choir a cappella or with organ
- Pernes : The Shepherd on the Rock , orchestral version of the concert aria by Franz Schubert
Web links
- Michael Lessky website accessed July 13, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Lessky in: Website of the Musiklexikon Österreich accessed on July 13, 2014
- ↑ Biography on Michael Lessky's website accessed on July 13, 2014
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lessky, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |