Walter Kobéra
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Walter Kobéra is an Austrian conductor and artistic director . He is one of the leading conductors of contemporary music theater in Vienna. With the numerous successful first and world premieres under his direction, he has had a decisive influence on Viennese musical life in recent years.
biography
Walter Kobéra attended the Musikgymnasium in Vienna , studied violin and was a member of the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria from 1978 , also as conductor and musical assistant to Isaac Karabtchevsky and Fabio Luisi . In 1986 he founded his amadeus ensemble-wien, which in recent years has specialized in contemporary music theater. Walter Kobéra is a lecturer for modern music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna .
Since 1991 he has been musical director of the Neue Oper Wien , and since 1993 also its artistic director. His interpretations of Alban Berg's Lulu , Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd , Helmut Lachenmann's Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelholzern , György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre , Friedrich Cerhas Baal and Gerhard Schedl's triptych were appreciated by the press and the public . Most recently in Bratislava , Prague and Dublin he directed a new production of Strauss ' Ariadne auf Naxos .
Walter Kobéra is the artistic director of the concert series “Sound Experience St. Stephen's Cathedral ”, which has been taking place since 2008 . He has worked with the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria , the Vienna Concert Association , the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and the ensemble die reihe . Most recently, at the invitation of the Theater an der Wien, the first recording of Iain Bell's song cycle A Hidden Place with Diana Damrau as the soloist took place.
World premieres
- Axel Seidelmann : "Job" (1994)
- Alban Berg , Friedrich Cerha : " Lulu " (1994)
- Dirk D'Ase : "Arrest" (2000)
- Wolfram Wagner , Silke Hassler based on Peter Turrini : "Finally the end" (2003)
- Christoph Coburger after Daniil Charms : "Incidents" (2004)
- Christoph Cech - Claudio Monteverdi : " Orfeo " (2005)
- Thomas Pernes , Gloria G .: "Magic Flute06" (2006)
- Dieter Kaufmann after Josef Winkler : "Requiem for Piccoletto" (2006)
- Erik Hojsgaard after Ödön von Horváth : "Don Juan comes out of the war" (2006)
- Richard Dünser , Thomas Höft: "Radek" (2006)
- Dieter Kaufmann based on Elfriede Jelinek : "FUGE - UNFUG - E" (2008)
- Herwig Reiter , Peter Turrini after Goldoni: "Campiello" (2010)
- Markus Lehmann-Horn after Michael Schneider : "Woyzeck 2.0 - Dream trap" (2012)
- Péter Eötvös : "Paradise reloaded (Lilith)" (2013)
- Šimon Voseček : "Biedermann and the arsonists" (2013)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ö1 classic meeting point. To career. In: oe1.ORF.at . June 28, 2014, accessed March 25, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kobéra, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian conductor and artistic director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |