Gabriel Chmura

For some of his career, Gabriel Chmura spent some time working in low-profile conducting posts, gradually creating a trustworthiness of esteem among critics and an evergrowing band of followers. In the brand new century he offers at last accomplished wide acclaim both in concert as well as the documenting studio. As creative director from the Polish Country wide Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice since 2001, and with some acclaimed recordings of symphonies by Mieczyslaw Weinberg for the Chandos label, Chmura offers emerged as a significant podium skill. His repertory is definitely broad, consuming functions by Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Sibelius, and less popular numbers like Basque composer Jose Maria Usandizaga and these Weinberg. He in addition has led many operatic shows, including requirements by Verdi, Bizet, Massenet, and Mozart. Besides Chandos, Chmura offers produced recordings for Sony, Orfeo, Eloquence, and Claves. Gabriel Chmura was created in Wroclaw, Poland, in 1946. His family members relocated to Israel in 1957. From 1964 he analyzed piano, performing, and composition in the Music Academy of Tel Aviv University or college. Further research in conducting arrived in 1968-1969 in the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with Pierre Dervaux. Down the road he took performing lessons from Hans Swarowsky in the Music Academy in Vienna and from Franco Ferrara in Siena, Italy. Chmura received a string of performing competitions in the first ’70s, the main to arrive 1971: first awards on the Herbert von Karajan Competition and Cantelli Competition on the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. With many invitations to perform throughout European countries, Chmura was instantly in demand. For approximately the next one fourth century Chmura kept a string of essential though supplementary positions, the initial two in Germany: creative director from the Aachen Opera Firm (1974-1983), music movie director from the Bochum Symphony Orchestra (1983-1987), and music director from the Country wide Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa (1987-1990). Also after departing his Ottawa post, Chmura continuing to utilize the ensemble, aswell as in European countries performing the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre Country wide de France, and in Japan using the NHK Symphony Orchestra. Among his first recordings was a 1993 disk of Haydn symphonies (No. 6, No. 7, no. 8) using the Nationwide Arts Center Orchestra over the Cbc label. After his 2001 session using the Polish Country wide Radio Symphony Orchestra, Chmura produced many successful travels using the ensemble: Prague (2003), Buenos Aires, and Côte St. André, France (2004); Tokyo (2005); and Dresden (2007).