Mikko Franck

Mikko Franck (2015)

Mikko Franck (born April 1, 1979 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish conductor .

Franck began violin lessons at the age of five and studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy, as well as conducting in the United States , Sweden, and Israel .

In August 2006 Franck began as chief conductor of the Finnish National Opera and took up the post on February 14, 2007.

In December 2011, Mikko Franck made his first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera .

Franck also took over the musical direction of the world premiere of Iain Bell's opera A Harlot's Progress (libretto: Peter Ackroyd based on the cycle A Harlot's Progress by William Hogarth ), which was performed on October 13, 2013 with soprano Diana Damrau in the title role and in the production of Jens-Daniel Herzog was premiered in the Theater an der Wien .

He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 2014, where he conducted La Bohème , Lohengrin , Josephs Legende , Verklungene Feste , Tosca , Salome and Elektra .

Since September 2015, Mikko Franck has been Director Musical of the Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France .

Discography

• Jean Sibelius - Lemminkäinen –Suite, En Saga , Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Ondine 953 , 2000 )
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor , Op. 74 "Pathétique" (Ondine 1002 )
• Einojuhani Rautavaara - Apotheosis, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Ondine 1002 )
• Einojuhani Rautavaara - "The house of the sun", opera in two acts, Oulu Symphony Orchestra (Ondine 1032 , 2004 )
• Einojuhani Rautavaara - Rasputin Opera - Choir and Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera (Ondine ODV 4002 , DVD, 2005 )
• Einojuhani Rautavaara - 1st Symphony, Adagio Celeste and The Book of Visions - National Orchestra of Belgium (Ondine 10645 , 2006 )
• Rudi Stephan - Opera "The First People" - Orchester National de France (Naive, 2007 )
• Olli Kortekangas - Opera "Messenius and Lucia", Oulu Philharmonic Orchestra (Ondine 1073 , 2010 )
• Aulis Sallinen - Opera "The Red Line", Oulu Philharmonic Orchestra (Ondine 4008 , DVD, 2010 )
• Einojuhani Rautavaara - Opera "Aleksis Kivi", choir and orchestra of the Finnish National Opera (Ondine 4009 , DVD, 2011 )
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Opera "Die tote Stadt", choir and orchestra of the Finnish National Opera (Opus Arte, DVD, 2013 )
• Béla Bartók - 1st violin concerto, with Vilde Frang and the Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France (Warner, 2018 )
• César Franck - Symphony in D minor / "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne" (alpha 561, 2020 )

Web links

Commons : Mikko Franck  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Mikko Franck . In: wiener-staatsoper.at , accessed on August 8, 2017.