Karel Mark Chichon

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Name = Karel Mark Chichon

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Born = 1971 London, UK
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Occupation = conductor
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Karel Mark Chichon is a Gibraltarian conductor.

He was born in London in 1971 and has been Chief Conductor of the Graz Symphony Orchestra since 2006 and Conductor Emeritus of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra since 2007. He is also Principal Conductor of the European Sinfonietta and Artistic Director of the Gibraltar Philharmonic Society.

He studied at the Royal Academy of Music (London) and was assistant conductor to Giuseppe Sinopoli and Valery Gergiev.and has worked with artists such as José Carreras, Montserrat Caballé, Grace Bumbry and Juan Diego Flórez. Chichon is a frequent guest conductor with leading orchestras throughout the world, which include the Vienna Symphony, Vienna Radio Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Tiroler/Innsbruck Symphony, Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano & Trento, Norddeutsche Philharmonie, South London Philharmonic, Halle Philharmonic, Lucerne Symphony, Israel Sinfonietta, Budapest Philharmonic, [Seoul Philharmonic, China National Symphony, Shanghai Philharmonic and Singapore Symphony.

Since 2003 he has been a regular guest conductor with the English Chamber Orchestra, with whom he tours frequently. In 2004 he was invited by the Vienna Philharmonic to conduct concerts at their International Orchestra Institute in Salzburg and made highly successful return visits in 2005 and 2006.

The 2007-2008 season will see his debut at Vienna Musikverein with the Graz Symphony, new productions of Barbiere di Siviglia at the Vienna Volksoper and Carmen at the Latvian National Opera/Bolshoi Theater Moscow and his debut with the Russian National Orchestra. He will also return to the Vienna Symphony, Vienna Radio Symphony (with José Cura), English Chamber Orchestra, Tiroler/Innsbruck Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic and Latvian National Symphony.

References

*cite web|url=http://www.riederclassics.at/index.php?en_chichon|title=Karel Mark Chichon|accessdate=2008-08-30|publisher=Rieder Classics Konzertagentur
*cite web|url=http://www.admafestival.com/KarelMarkChichon.html|title=Karel Mark Chichon|accessdate=2008-08-30|publisher=Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival
*cite web|url=http://www.lnso.lv/eng/orkestris/dirigenti/?mus_doc=22|title=Karel Mark Chichon |accessdate=2008-08-30|publisher=Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

External links

* [http://www.karelmarkchichon.com/ Official website]