- Donato Cabrera
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Donato Cabrera 
Background information Born February 4, 1970 Origin Reno, Nevada, United States Occupations Musician, Conductor Years active 1997 - Website www.sfsymphony.org This page has been created based on the information provided by Donato Cabrera official website.
Donato Cabrera (February 4, 1970 - ) is an American conductor. He made his professional debut with the Reno Chamber Orchestra [1] at the age of 24. Since his 1998 critically acclaimed European debut with the Zwei-Groschen Kammer Oper München, he has pursued a multi-faceted career. He has gained expertise from working with some of the world's leading conductors while also conducting opera companies and symphonic orchestras of the highest caliber. His aptitude and potentiality have been recognized by critics and musicians alike for the rare combination of passion, talent, and experience to conduct in the concert hall and opera house. He is currently the Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, the Wattis Foundation Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (SFSYO), and the Music Director of the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra.
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Biography
Symphonic
Mr. Cabrera made his San Francisco Symphony debut in April 2009 when he conducted the Orchestra with 24 hours notice, in a program of Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 and Overture to Le nozze di Figaro, and Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Donato Cabrera joined the San Francisco Symphony conducting staff in September 2009 and is Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (SFSYO). In April 2010, Cabrera made his debut, again on short notice, with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Cabrera made his South American debut in 2008, conducting Madama Butterfly with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Concepción in Chile and returns yearly to conduct symphonic and operatic repertoire. In May 2011, Donato Cabrera was appointed as the Music Director of the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra.
Opera
As the Associate Conductor of the San Francisco Opera, Cabrera was first engaged to prepare the cast and conduct all of the initial rehearsals for the world premiere production of John Adams's opera, Doctor Atomic. This process has been preserved in the award-winning documentary, Wonders Are Many,[2] which will be nationally broadcast in the United States on PBS in the fall of 2008. At San Francisco Opera, he has conducted and assisted on productions of Don Giovanni, Tannhäuser, Die Zauberflöte, La Rondine, The Rake's Progress, La forza del destino, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Das Rheingold, Der Rosenkavalier and Tristan und Isolde. He made his debut with the company in October 2006 conducting Die Fledermaus. Moreover, in December 2005, he made his highly acclaimed debut with the Portland Opera conducting Britten's The Rape of Lucretia.[3] Cabrera was an Assistant and Cover Conductor for the Metropolitan Opera, where he worked with the New York Philharmonic's incoming Music Director Alan Gilbert on a new production of Doctor Atomic.
San Francisco Bay Area
Cabrera has quickly established himself as an integral member of the Bay Area's artistic community. In December 2009, he made his debut with the San Francisco Ballet, conducting performances of The Nutcracker and is one of few conductors who have conducted performances at all three San Francisco institutions: the Symphony, Opera, and Ballet. In the spring of 2008, he conducted a workshop of Brahms's Symphony No. 1 with the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra and was immediately reengaged in the 2008-09 season to lead further workshops of the core repertoire. In March 2008, he made his debut with Berkeley Opera,[4] conducting a production of L’Elisir d’Amore, which received unanimous praise and glowing reviews.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
New Music
As Music Director and co-founder of the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME),[11][12] Cabrera's commitment to new music has been fully realized. With ACME, he was able to promote and perform works of promising young composers as well as to conduct modern-day masterpieces. To date, Cabrera has conducted ACME in works by John Adams, Jacob Druckman, Donald Martino, Frederic Rzewski, and Elliott Carter.
Music Education & Community Outreach
Cabrera is also dedicated to music education and community outreach. During the 2010-2011 season he will also conduct the San Francisco Symphony in the Dia de los Muertos Family Concert as well as selected Concerts for Kids, Adventures in Music and Music for Families concerts, which annually draw more than 60,000 young people and their families from throughout the Bay Area to Davies Symphony Hall.For over four seasons, he programmed and conducted Young People's Concerts for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, annually performing to over fifteen thousand children throughout the state of New Jersey. He frequently led the Greater Newark Youth Orchestra,[13] an organization that is dedicated to providing a musically enriching and nurturing atmosphere to inner-city youth in and around the city of Newark. In addition, he has conducted the youth orchestras of Juilliard, Cincinnati, Norwalk, Connecticut, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. Cabrera is also committed to working with young singers and has worked with members of the young artist programs of the Portland Opera and San Francisco Opera on numerous occasions.
Summer Festival
Cabrera has been an Assistant Conductor at many prestigious summer festivals including the Salzburg Festival, Ravinia Festival, Spoleto Festival, and Aspen Music Festival. For two summers, he served as Resident Conductor at the Music Academy of the West. As an assistant conductor, he has worked with many of the world's leading conductors, including James Conlon, Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Nicola Luisotti, Zdeněk Mácal, Kurt Masur, Julius Rudel, Donald Runnicles, and Stanisław Skrowaczewski.
Professional engagements
Opera
- 2008 (Fall) Metropolitan Opera, Assistant and Cover Conductor for a production of John Adams's Doctor Atomic
- 2008 Berkeley Opera, Music Director and Conductor for a production of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore
- 2006-7 San Francisco Opera, Guest Conductor
- October 2007, Die Zauberflöte
- October 2007, Tannhäuser
- June 2007, Don Giovanni
- October 2006, Die Fledermaus
- May 2006, Opera in the Gardens
- 2006–present San Francisco Opera, Associate Conductor
- Preparing casts and conducting rehearsals for Doctor Atomic, La forza del destino, Madama Butterfly, Die Fledermaus, Tristan und Isolde, Manon Lescaut, The Rake's Progress, Das Rheingold, and La Rondine
- 2001 (Fall) Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, Music Director for Opera Scenes Program
- 1998 Portland Opera, Guest Conductor for a production of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia
Orchestra
- 2009–Present San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Wattis Foundation Music Director
- 2009–Present San Francisco Symphony, Assistant Conductor
- 2003-6 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Cover Conductor, including 18 series of subscription concerts per season
- 2002-6 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Guest Conductor for Education and Outreach Concerts
- 2004 Norwalk Youth Symphony Orchestra, Guest Conductor
- 2004 (Fall) Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Guest Conductor
- 2004 (Spring) Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra, Guest Conductor to lead rehearsals
- 2002 (Summer) Attergau Institut Orchester,[14] Assistant Conductor to Mariss Jansons and Marcello Viotti
Music festival
- 2005 Ravinia Festival, Assistant Conductor to James Conlon
- 2004 Spoleto Festival, Assistant Conductor to James Conlon
- 2003 Music Academy of the West, Guest Conductor for the Fourth of July Canadian Brass concert
- 2003&2004 Music Academy of the West, Assistant Conductor
- 2001 Aspen Music Festival Opera Theater, Assistant Conductor
- 1998 Zwei Groschen Opera Summer Festival, Music Director
New music
American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Music Director & Co-Founder
Other
Recovering a Musical Heritage,[15] Assistant Conductor to James Conlon
Education
- Manhattan School of Music
- Artist Diploma
- University of Illinois, Champaign – Urbana
- Master of Music – Orchestral Conducting, 1998
- University of Nevada, Reno
- Bachelor of Music Performance – Conducting, 1996
Photo gallery
Portraits
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Donato Cabrera, conductor At the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House
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Donato Cabrera, conductor At the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House
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Donato Cabrera, conductor Between Act I and Act II of Tannhäuser at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, October 2007
On the podium
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Donato Cabrera, conductor Conducting Mozart's Don Giovanni at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, June 2007
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Donato Cabrera, conductor Conducting Mozart's Don Giovanni at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, June 2007
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Donato Cabrera, conductor Conducting Mozart's Don Giovanni at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, June 2007
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Donato Cabrera, conductor Conducting Mozart's Don Giovanni at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, June 2007
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Donato Cabrera, conductor Conducting Mozart's Don Giovanni at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, June 2007
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Donato Cabrera, conductor Conducting Mozart's Don Giovanni at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, June 2007
Video gallery
Audio gallery
- John Adams's Shaker Loops with American Contemporary Music Ensemble
- Overture to Strauss's Die Fledermaus at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, October 2006
- Overture from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, October 2007
- Overture and Notte e giorno faticar from Mozart's Don Giovanni at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, June 2007
- Overture from Wagner's Tanhäuser at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, October 2007
References
- ^ Reno Chamber Orchestra
- ^ Wonders Are Many: San Francisco Film Festival
- ^ Portland Opera's The Rape of Lucretia review by Willamette Week
- ^ Berkeley Opera
- ^ Berkeley Opera's L'Elisir d'Amore review by East Bay Express
- ^ Berkeley Opera's L'Elisir d'Amore review by San Francisco Classical Voice
- ^ Berkeley Opera's L'Elisir d'Amore review by Berkeley Daily Planet
- ^ Berkeley Opera's L'Elisir d'Amore review by Bay Times
- ^ Berkeley Opera's L'Elisir d'Amore review by Napa Valley Register
- ^ Berkeley Opera's L'Elisir d'Amore review by Opera News Online
- ^ American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME)
- ^ Time Out New York article on ACME's wordless music events
- ^ Greater Newark Youth Orchestra
- ^ International Orchestra Institute Attergau
- ^ Recovering a Musical Heritage
External links
Categories:- American conductors (music)
- 1973 births
- Living people
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