Thomas Jung (conductor)

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Thomas Jung (2017)
Thomas Jung in July 2020

Thomas Jung (* 1984 in Limburg an der Lahn ) is a German conductor .

Live and act

Thomas Jung grew up in Limburg- Dietkirchen and graduated from the Tilemann School in 2004 . He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Volker Wangenheim and from the end of 2010 to 2012 at the University of Cambridge and at King's College Cambridge . He was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation , the DEY Foundation and the Richard Wagner Association .

From 2012 to 2019, Jung worked as conductor and artistic director of the Flora Symphony Orchestra Cologne and artistic director of the Studio Orchestra Duisburg. In the 2015/16 season he was Assistant Conductor and Zander Fellow with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. In addition, he directed the opera production Moses must sing at the Munster Municipal Theaters .

Thomas Jung has been a Constant Lambert Conducting Fellow at the Royal Opera House in London since 2018 , where he conducts for the Royal Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet. In June 2019 he conducted the world premiere of Didy Veldman's “Sense of Time”, music by Gabriel Prokofiev and the opening concert of the “ Boswiler Sommer ” music festival .

In addition, Thomas Jung works as an assistant and "Cover Conductor" for Bernard Haitink and is a guest conductor of the Het Gelders Orkest and the Orkest van het Oosten.

Jung is married and has one daughter.

Muted situations

For the Sydney Biennale 2018 Thomas Jung worked with the composer Samson Young . For the realization of Young's Muted Situation # 22: Muted Tschaikovsky's 5th he recorded the 5th symphony by Peter Tschaikowski with the Flora Symphony Orchestra . The work was shown from March to June 2018 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney , from November 2018 to March 2019 as part of the Shanghai Biennale and from March to April 2019 at the Visual Arts Center in Hong Kong .

In 2019 the work received an “Award of Distinction” at Ars Electronica and in 2020 the “M + Sigg Prize”.

Awards

In 2017 Thomas Jung was awarded the Eugen Jochum Prize in Munich. In autumn 2012 he received the Filippas Engel Foundation's culture award for his commitment . Also in 2012, the youth chamber orchestra Musica Viva received first prize at the German Orchestra Competition under his direction and was also awarded the special “Best Performance” prize. In July 2020, Thomas Jung received second prize at the International Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra .

Publications and lectures

During his studies, Thomas Jung was involved in a variety of scientific projects and during this time he has contributed to numerous publications:

  • with Frank Beiler, Olaf Sanders and Phillipp Thomas: Small theory of the unconditional school. Katzenberg Verlag, Hamburg 2015.
  • Lemmata in Arnold Jacobshagen (Ed.): Sachlexikon des Musiktheater. Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2016:
    • Children's opera ,
    • School opera ,
    • Intentional music theater and
    • Christmas fairy tale
  • Ariane sans Barbe-Bleue - gender perspective as enlightenment. In: Annette Kreutziger-Herr (ed.); Katrin Losleben (Ed.): History / Herstory - Alternative music stories. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne and Weimar 2008, pp. 217–230.
  • Article in Annette Kreutziger-Herr (Ed.); Winfried Bönig (Ed.): The 101 Most Important Questions - Classical Music. CH Beck Verlag, Munich 2009:
    • Since when has music been around and what is it actually?
    • Why is composing always going on, even though there is already so much music?
    • Why can't you clap when you want in a concert and not eat popcorn?
  • Lemmas in Annette Kreutziger-Herr (Ed.); Melanie Unseld (Ed.): Lexicon Music and Gender. Bärenreiter / Metzler Verlag, Kassel 2010:

In addition, Thomas Jung was invited several times as a speaker at congresses of the Archive of the Future by Reinhard Kahl and gave lectures and workshops on topics such as "The Unconditional School" or "Opera instead of School".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eugen Jochum Prize. High distinction for conductor Thomas Jung. Nassauische Neue Presse , December 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d Conductor Thomas Jung: He leads an army of strings and winds . In: Nassauische Neue Presse of April 10, 2018. Accessed October 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ flosio. Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
  4. ↑ studio-orchester duisburg Thomas Jung, Christian Fritz: Rachmaninow, van Beethoven in Duisburg Season 2017/2018 Duisburger Philharmoniker. Accessed October 4, 2018 (German).
  5. ^ BPO Staff: Boston Philharmonic announces two new Fellows for 2015-16 . ( bostonphil.org [accessed October 4, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Decker-Bönniger: Münster: Moses muss singen / Online Musik Magazin. Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
  7. ^ Thomas Jung - People - Royal Opera House. Retrieved December 19, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Thomas Jung . (Biography with the Studio Orchestra Duisburg). Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  9. ↑ CONSTANT LAMBERT FELLOW . Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  10. ^ Thomas Jung - Birmingham Royal Ballet. Retrieved October 11, 2018 .
  11. ↑ [Un] leashed. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Gabrielprokofiev. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
  13. ^ Program booklet Boswil Music Festival. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Thomas Jung. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  15. ^ Orkest van het Oosten: Nieuwjaarsconcert. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Andrew Frost: Sydney Biennale review - Ai Weiwei anchors rewarding show that comes of age in its 21st year. March 16, 2018, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Work. Retrieved October 4, 2018 (American English).
  18. ^ Samson Young Biennale of Sydney. Retrieved October 7, 2018 .
  19. ↑ Edouard Malingue Gallery. Retrieved November 10, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Instrumentation. Retrieved March 30, 2019 .
  21. ^ The 2019 award winners. In: Prix ​​Ars Electronica. Retrieved June 6, 2019 (German).
  22. ↑ Muted Situation # 22: Muted Tchaikovsky's 5th. In: Out of the box. Retrieved September 12, 2019 (American English).
  23. ↑ Samson Young wins the inaugural Sigg Prize, with his installation Muted Situations # 22: Muted Tchaikovsky's 5th. Yang Zi is selected as the inaugural recipient of the Sigg Fellowship for Chinese A ... Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Veronica Jochum von Moltke: Eugen Jochum price. Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
  25. ↑ 2012 »Filippa's Angel. Accessed October 4, 2018 (German).
  26. ^ German orchestra competition: three winners with the highest number of points | MUSIC TODAY . In: MUSIC TODAY . May 21, 2012 ( musik-heute.de [accessed October 4, 2018]).
  27. ^ The Mahler Competition 2020, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .
  28. ↑ Thomas Jung comes second in the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  29. ↑ Frank Beiler, Thomas Jung, Olaf Sanders: Small theory of the unconditional school K3 . Katzenberg, 2014, ISBN 978-3-942222-06-8 ( google.co.uk [accessed October 4, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Jung, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Limburg on the Lahn