Thomas Søndergård

Thomas Søndergård (born October 4, 1969 in Holstebro , Denmark ) is a Danish conductor .

Life

From 1989 to 1992 Søndergård studied percussion and timpani at the Danish Music Academy and the Freiburg Music Academy and was already a member of the European Union's youth orchestra EUYO. After graduating, he first became a member of the Copenhagen Royal Chapel . Since the end of the 1990s, he has increasingly devoted himself to conducting.

From 2009 to 2012 he was chief conductor of the Kringkastingsorkestret (KORK) of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . In December 2009 he led the BBC National Orchestra of Wales for the first time , where he was chief conductor from 2012 to 2018. In addition, since 2012 he has performed three productions annually with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra as principal guest conductor , and has been music director there since 2018 .

In 2017 he conducted the world premiere of the opera Edward II by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini at the Deutsche Oper Berlin .

Web links

• Literature by and about Thomas Søndergård in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Thomas Søndergård in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Thomas Søndergård ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 73 kB), at kapelmesterforening

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} EUYO and Thomas Søndergård , Program Booklet Festival 2013 Bozen, August 17, 2013
2. ^ BBC National Orchestra of Wales announces new Principal Conductor. In: BBC Press Office. July 12, 2011 (English). 
3. ↑ Tim Ashley: BBCNOW / Thomas Søndergård review - bowing out in style. In: The Guardian . July 23, 2018 (English). 
4. ↑ Thomas Søndergård appointed as Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In: Askonas Holt. May 25, 2017 (English).