Michael Schønwandt

Michael Schønwandt is among the leading conductors of Scandinavia. He regularly shows up on recordings for the Marco Polo-Dacapo and Chandos brands, and conducts throughout European countries with frequent looks in the us. Schønwandt was informed at Copenhagen University or college and continued for higher research in the Royal Academy of Music from 1975 to 1977. The entire year he remaining the Academy he produced his performing debut in Copenhagen. After his preliminary appearance using the Royal Danish Opera in 1979 he started attracting international interest. He became the main conductor from the Collegium Musicum of Copenhagen in 1981. In 1984 he produced his 1st appearance around the podium from the Royal Opera Home, Covent Garden performing I Capuleti ed I Montecchi. His American debut was using the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Opera in 1992 in the initial edition of Verdi’s Don Carlos. He was appointed primary conductor from the Danish Country wide Radio Orchestra in 1989 and primary conductor from the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in 1992. He comes with an considerable discography. Included in these are the entire symphonies of Gade, made out of the Collegium Musicum of Copenhagen, of Weyse using the Royal Danish Orchestra, the Berlioz Requiem and Schumann’s Manfred and two of his symphonies using the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. He offers produced several recordings of Danish music with composers from Lange-Müller, Kuhlau, Gade, and Hartmann through Nielsen to Schierbeck and Poul Ruders. His documenting of Strauss’ opera Salome was nominated the 1999 Gramophone Honor as greatest Twentieth Hundred years Opera Documenting of the entire year, and his Dacapo documenting from the Nielsen First and 6th symphonies received the Danish Music Honor 2000. In 2006, he carried out a Ring routine in the Royal Opera in Copenhagen and his later on recordings included THE MOST EFFECTIVE of Rachmaninov (2008) and J.P.E. Hartmann: THE MAIN ELEMENT Masterpieces (2009) for Dacapo.