- Henrik Schaefer
Henrik Schaefer is a German conductor, was born in
Bochum in1968 .At the age of 6 he began playing the
violin and changed toviola when he was 14. After his studies in Essen and Freiburg with Prof. Grahe, Prof. Koch, Prof. Kashkashian and Prof. Luethy, he became the then youngest member of theBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 22.As well as playing in the orchestra he studied conducting in Leipzig with Prof. Rohde from 1994 to 1998. After his first smaller projects as a conductor he led the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time in 1999 for the MusikBox project of Sony music (
Ludwig van Beethoven 's symphony no. 5,Robert Schumann 's symphony no. 3 andFelix Mendelssohn 's symphony no. 4). In May 2000 he was chosen from numerous applicants to becomeClaudio Abbado ’s assistant with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and already in December 2000 he led all rehearsals for the production ofRichard Wagner 'sTristan in Tokyo, due toAbbado ’s ailing health.Since then he has conducted the orchestra on many occasions in Berlin and
Salzburg (Falstaff,Parsifal ) and took the dress rehearsal for Claudio Abbado’s last concert with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra withGustav Mahler 's symphony no. 7 inVienna in May 2002.Henrik Schaefer has appeared as guest conductor with the Israel Sinfonietta, the Scharoun Ensemble, the Suedwestdeutsche Philharmonie and the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. In February 2003 he conducted a new production of Stravinsky’s “
Le Sacre du Printemps ” with theGewandhaus Orchestra and theLeipzig Ballett. Last season he premiered a new production of “Le nozze di Figaro ” with the Gewandhaus Orchestra at the Oper Leipzig.As a guest conductor he works regularly with the Tokyo Symphony, the Holland Symfonia, the Prague Symphony, the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, the Dutch Radio Orchestra, the Asko Ensemble, the Brandenburgische Staatsorchester Frankfurt, the Nuernberger Symphoniker and the BBC Scottish.
External links
* [http://www.henrikschaefer.info Official website of Henrik Schaefer]
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