- Ingo Metzmacher
Ingo Metzmacher (born
10 November 1957 ) is a German conductor.Metzmacher was born in Hanover Germany to the cellist Rudolf Metzmacher in
Hanover . His musical education in piano,music theory andconducting was in Hanover, Salzburg and Cologne, and later joined theEnsemble Modern in 1981 as its pianist. He became the orchestra's conductor in 1985.His first conducting engagement was in 1987, with "Le Nozze di Figaro". In 1994 he gave the premiere of the revised version of
Hans Werner Henze 's Symphony No. 6, and 1997 he conducted the world premiere of Henze's Symphony No. 9 at the composer's request. [cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/friday_review/story/0,,408027,00.html | title=Thoroughly modern maestro | publisher=The Guardian | author=Tim Ashley | date=8 Dec 2000 | accessdate=2007-05-21] From 1997 to 2005, he served as General Music Director of City of Hamburg, which covered theHamburg State Opera and its Philharmonic Orchestra. He left his post in Hamburg after disputes with the city over funding. [cite news | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,,1089674,00.html | title=Going out with a bang | publisher=The Guardian | author=Tim Ashley | date=21 Nov 2003 | accessdate=2007-05-21]In 2005, he became chief conductor of
De Nederlandse Opera . In February 2007, De Nederlandse Opera announced that Metzmacher would step down from his post as DNO's Chief Conductor in 2008. With the start of the 2007-2008 season, he assumed the post of principal conductor of theDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin . [cite web | url= http://www.icmartists.com/profiles/70342.html| title=Artist Profile: Ingo Metzmacher | publisher=ICM Artists | accessdate=2007-05-21]Discography
*
Alban Berg : "Wozzeck"
*Benjamin Britten : "Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings" (Ian Bostridge , tenor; Marie Luise Neunecker, horn)
*the complete symphonies ofKarl Amadeus Hartmann [cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/friday_review/story/0,,222308,00.html | title=The other Amadeus | publisher=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=19 May 2000 | accessdate=2007-05-21] [cite news | title=Record reviews ("Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Symphony No.1, 'Essay towards a Requiem'" and other issues in series) | publisher="Tempo" (New Ser.), 211, pp. 43, 45 | author=Guy Rickards | date=2000]
*Hans Werner Henze : "Symphony No. 9"
*Luigi Nono : "Prometeo"
*Richard Strauss : Horn Concertos
*Hans Werner Henze : "Requiem" (Sony Classical)
*John Cage : "Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of 3" (RCA)References
External links
* [http://www.emiclassics.com/artists/biogs/ingo.html Biography]
* [http://pers.dno.nl/doc_store/0/57/5763.229989366354029.pdf Dutch language announcement from De Nederlandse Opera of Metzmacher's 2008 resignation]
* [http://pers.dno.nl/doc_store/0/57/5765.952885988114175.pdf English language announcement from De Nederlandse Opera of Metzmacher's 2008 resignation]
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