Andrey Boreyko

Andrey Boreyko ( _ru. Андрей Викторович Борейко, "Andrey Viktorovich Boreyko", born July 22, 1957 in Leningrad) is a Russian conductor. At the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in Saint Petersburg, he studied conducting (with Elisabeta Kudriavtseva and Alexander Dmitriev), graduating summa cum laude. In 1987, he won diplomas and prizes at the Grzegorz Fitelberg conductors' competition in Katowice, and he was a prize winner in 1989 at the Kirill Kondrashin conductors' competition in Amsterdam.

Boreyko was music director of the Jena Philharmonic between 1998 and 2003. With the orchestra, Boreyko received awards for the most innovative concert programming in three consecutive seasons from the German Music Critics (Deutscher Musikverleger-Verband), [cite news | author=Rian Evans | title=CBSO/Boreyko | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1322502,00.html | work=The Guardian | date=2004-10-08 | accessdate=2007-12-23] which was an unprecedented achievement in the entire history of this prize. ^{[citation needed]} He now has the title of honorary conductor with the Jena Philharmonic.

Boreyko was Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra from 2001 to 2006. [cite news | author=Ben Mattison | title=Music Director Andrey Boreyko to Leave Winnipeg Symphony in 2006 | url=http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/1117.html | work=Playbill Arts | date=2005-01-07 | accessdate=2007-12-23] He served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra from 2000 to 2003.

Boreyko served as Principal Conductor of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (Hamburger Symphoniker) from 2004 until his sudden resignation in November 2007. [cite news | author=Kevin Shihoten | title=Jeffrey Tate Replaces Andrey Boreyko as Hamburg Symphony Chief Conductor | url=http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/7313.html | work=Playbill Arts | date=2007-11-05 | accessdate=2007-12-23] He also is Principal Conductor of the Bern Symphony Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.

His discography includes Arvo Pärt's "Lamentate" and Valentin Silvestrov’s Symphony No. 6 [cite news | author=Andrew Clements | title=Silvestrov: Symphony No 6, SWR Stuttgart Radio SO/Boreyko | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2087333,00.html | work=The Guardian | date=2007-05-25 | accessdate=2007-12-23] , both recorded with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) for ECM Records. In 2006, Hänssler Classic released a live recording, also with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 4 and the world premiere recording of his original version of the Suite, op. 29a from the opera "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk".

As announced on May 17th 2008, he will serve as General Music Director of the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra from the 2009/2010 season on.

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRu0cBMfGNA Movie about Andrey Boreyko and his work along with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra]
* [http://www.hamburgersymphoniker.de/chefdirigent.php Andrey Boreyko at the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (Hamburger Symphoniker) site] (in German)
* [http://www.bernorchester.ch/htm/orchester/orchest.htm Conductor/diregent, Berne Symphonie site] (in German)