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【短信】Jakub Hrůša がRoyal Danish Opera Music Director [音楽時評]

東京都交響楽団の首席客演指揮者Principal Guest Conductor である ヤコブ・フルシャが,Royal Danish Opera のMusic Directorに来年から就任するそうです.

Music Director and Chief Conductor, Prague Philharmonia
Music Director, Glyndebourne on Tour
Principal Guest Conductor, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

に加えて,30歳で,もう一つの重要ポストMusic Director Designate, Royal Danish Opera に決定したというのですから,たいへんお目出度い出来事ですし,ますます中間層を飛び越えて,若手が主要ポストに就き始めている実情を見る気持ちです.

とりあえずのご紹介まで.

Royal Danish Opera appoints new music director

 Jakub Hrůša - Danish post (photo: Zbynek Maderyc)

Jakub Hrůša to take on role from 2013

Jakub Hrůša - Danish post

Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša will take on the music directorship of the Royal Danish Theatre and its associated opera company from August 1, 2013.

Hrusa, 30, is currently music director of both Glyndebourne on Tour and the Prague Philharmonia, and will serve as an artistic consultant to Denmark’s flagship theatrical organisation until his arrival in Copenhagen.

This year has seen high-profile departures from the subsidiary Royal Danish Opera, as music director Michael Schønwandt and artistic director Kasper Holten – both native Danes – left the company.

Artistic director of the opera Keith Warner today described Hrusa as the ‘perfect man’ for the job. Warner was charged with appointing a new musical leader as soon as he arrived in Copenhagen in June. In line with Denmark’s stringently open democracy, the post was advertised and Hrůša applied along with 147 other musicians.

Gramophone’s June issue listed Hrůša as one of ten young conductors ‘on the verge of greatness’. With Glyndebourne’s touring arm the Czech musician has proved a distinct success; liked by musicians for his combining of firm interpretative ideas with a sound work ethic and humble, friendly demeanour. He conducted the Royal Danish Opera’s production of Boris Godunov in January 2011 and became, in Warner’s words, ‘hugely beloved and admired by our orchestra, chorus and soloists’.

With Hrůša’s new post comes the default music directorship of the Royal Danish Orchestra, which has a good claim to be the world’s oldest orchestra with its organisational roots stretching back to 1448. For opera and ballet productions the ensemble plays in the pit of the ‘old stage’ in central Copenhagen and of the new Operaen on the island of Holmen – a gift to the Danish people from the Maersk shipping dynasty, which opened in 2005.


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2011年 Gramophone awards [音楽時評]

クラシック音楽界では,かなり有名なAwards が10月6日に発表されました.

なかで特に注目されたのが,さまざまな視聴者のオープンな投票によって決まる,2011年artist of the year ですが,かの有名な Gustavo Dudamel に決定されました.
彼のLos Angels Philharmony Music Director就任前後からの目覚ましい活躍振りから,きわめて妥当な選出だと考えます.記事にはrecent murmurings questioning the adulation と言及されていますが,Gramophone 誌の読者層はそれに与しなかったようです.

There might have been recent murmurings questioning the adulation that has come Gustavo Dudamel's way, but Gramophone readers were in no doubt of the talent and charisma of the Venezuelan conductor, voting him their artist of the year at today's Gramophone awards. The award was presented by culture minister Ed Vaizey, who has called Dudamel "the coolest conductor in the world today".

個別の賞の中で注目されるのは,Label の賞が,the label of the year title went to Wigmore Hall Live, the first live label to win the prestigious award. Wigmore Hall's recording arm is only six years old, but the excellence of the central London hall's revered acoustic has made it a critical and artistic favourite.  とWigmore Hall に与えられたことです.

次に演奏家のレコーディングについては,The grand prix of the Gramophone awards – the recording of the year – was awarded to the Pavel Haas Quartet for their album of Dvořák Quartets op 106 and op 96. と Pavel Haas Quartet に与えられたのが大いに注目されます.同Quartet は11月中旬に来日予定です.

DVD documentary で,Carlos Kleiber が挙がっているのは懐かしい限りです.ピアノでは Murray Perahia (Sony Classical)が挙がっています.

あとは,どうぞお好きなようにご渉猟下さい.

Gustavo Dudamel named artist of the year at Gramophone awards

Pavel Haas Quartet and the Wigmore Hall Live label also among winners at classical music award

Gustavo Dudamel
Gramophone award … conductor Gustavo Dudamel named artist of the year. Photograph: Chris Lee/AP

There might have been recent murmurings questioning the adulation that has come Gustavo Dudamel's way, but Gramophone readers were in no doubt of the talent and charisma of the Venezuelan conductor, voting him their artist of the year at today's Gramophone awards. The award was presented by culture minister Ed Vaizey, who has called Dudamel "the coolest conductor in the world today".

Also at Wednesday's ceremony, the label of the year title went to Wigmore Hall Live, the first live label to win the prestigious award. Wigmore Hall's recording arm is only six years old, but the excellence of the central London hall's revered acoustic has made it a critical and artistic favourite. Their win gives the lie to the doom-mongers who predict the death of the classical music recording industry: Wigmore Hall Live is demonstrating how new, smaller and more imaginative business models can succeed. Andrew Clements, the Guardian's chief classical music critic, said: "The Wigmore Hall has been able to reflect the high standard of its recital in discs that reach a much wider audience."

The special achievement award was presented to Sir John Eliot Gardiner, marking the completion of his 11-year Bach Cantata Pilgrimage that saw the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists perform all of Bach's surviving church cantatas and led the conductor to launch his own record label, Soli Deo Gloria, when Deutsche Grammophon – with whom he was on contract – declined to adopt his Bach project.

The grand prix of the Gramophone awards – the recording of the year – was awarded to the Pavel Haas Quartet for their album of Dvořák Quartets op 106 and op 96. Gramophone's team of 47 critics chose this as the most outstanding of the 1,000-plus albums released last year. The young Czech quartet formed in 2002 and have made a speciality of their country's music. Their first recording won them 2007's Gramophone award for chamber music, and today's award confirms them as one of Europe's up-and-coming quartets.

One of the world's most celebrated mezzos, Dame Janet Baker, received the lifetime achievement award, while Montenegrin guitarist Miloš Karadaglić was named young artist of the year.

Other category winners:

Editor's choice
Rossini: Stabat Mater; Netrebko; DiDonato; Brownlee; D'Arcangelo; Santa Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (EMI Classics)

Baroque instrumental
CPE Bach: Harpsichord Concertos. Andreas Staier; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Mullejans (Harmonia Mundi)

Baroque vocal
Handel: Apollo e Dafne. La Risonanza (Glossa)

Chamber
Dvořák: String Quartets. Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon)

Choral
Elgar: The Kingdom. Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (Hallé)

Concerto
Debussy, Ravel, Massenet: Concertante piano works. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; BBCSO/Tortelier (Chandos)

Contemporary
Birtwistle: Night's Black Bird. Hallé Orchestra/Ryan Wigglesworth (NMC)

DVD documentary
Carlos Kleiber: Traces to Nowhere – a film by Eric Schultz (Arthaus)

DVD performance
Verdi: Don Carlo. Villazón; Poplovskaya; Keenlyside/Antonio Pappano (EMI)

Early music
Striggio: Mass in 40 parts. I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth (Decca)

Historic
Mahler/Cooke: Symphony No 10. Philharmonia, LSO/Berthold Goldschmidt (Testament)

Instrumental
Brahms: Handel Variations etc. Murray Perahia (Sony Classical)

Opera
Rossini: Ermione. Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra/David Parry (Opera Rara)

Orchestral
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10. RLPO/Vasily Petrenko (Naxos)

Recital
Verismo Arias. Jonas Kaufmann; Santa Cecilia/Antonio Pappano (Decca)

Solo vocal
Britten: Songs and Proverbs of William Blake. Gerald Finley; Julius Drake (Hyperion)


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