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  Charles Dutoit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While head of the Bern Symphony, he also conducted the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico from 1973 to 1975, and Sweden’s Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra from 1975 to 1978.
Following in the footsteps of such luminaries as Otto Klemperer and Zubin Mehta, in 1977 Charles Dutoit became the Artistic Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
In 1996 he was appointed principal conductor of Tokyo's NHK Symphony Orchestra.
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 Dean Dixon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He is recognized as the first African American to conduct major American symphony orchestras, and one of the first Americans to hold a leading post with European orchestras.
He was principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden from 1953 to 1960, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Australia from 1964 and 1967, and the Hess Radio Symphony (now the hr Symphony Orchestra) from 1960 to 1974.
Having conducted most of the major symphony orchestras in Africa, Israel, and South America as well, he introduced the works of many American composers, such as William Grant Still, to European audiences.
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 NEEME JÄRVI - Conductor | Dirigent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In this present day, it is rare for an orchestra to be able to present a set of aesthetics based on a long-term relationship with a particular conductor, as seen in the tight collaboration enjoyed between Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic.
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, now the national orchestra of Sweden, was nurtured under the intensive leadership of conductor Neeme Järvi, and made its name in the world particularly with their excellent presentation of works by Nordic composers.
In the fifth symphony, the orchestra did a thorough job of depicting the imagination and deep thoughts of Sibelius, a composer who gained his inspiration from nature.
www.neemejarvi.com /044.htm   (465 words)

  
 Philharmonic playbill
Swedish cellist Claes Gunnarsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden 1976.
After his successful solodebuts with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (1998), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (1999), and the London Soloists (Queen Elisabeth Hall, 2000), he has established himself as one of the leading cellists in Sweden.
In 2000 Claes moved back to Gothenburg after he got invited to be the principal cellist of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
www.philharmonia.spb.ru /persa/gunnarsson.php   (250 words)

  
 Classical Music News:: The Classical Source News:: Gustavo Dudamel appointed Principal Conductor of the Gothenburg ...
Gustavo Dudamel appointed Principal Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Says Dudamel:“Already when I first conducted the Gothenburg Symphony, in Birmingham and at the BBC Proms last year, I was very impressed by their skill and openness.
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra first met when Dudamel at short notice replaced Neeme Järvi for concerts at the BBC Proms and in Birmingham last year.
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 Jaervi conducts Sibelius insights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra celebrates its centenary in 2005 with the first complete recording of the Sibelius symphonies ever to be issued on SACD.
In 1913 he gave the Swedish premiere of Sibelius's Fourth Symphony in Gothenburg, and it was on Stenhammar's initiative that Sibelius was invited to conduct the orchestra.
Sibelius conducted the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in 1911, 1915 and 1923 and dedicated his Sixth Symphony to Stenhammar.
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 06/07 Season   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Among the highlights of her current season are important debuts with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Richmond Symphony and the El Paso, Long beach and Roanoke Symphony Orchestras.
Subsequent to her 1983 debut with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, she has appeared as soloist, both in home halls and on tour, with all six symphony orchestras of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland, West Australian, Tasmanian, Adelaide) as well as the Australian Youth Orchestra.
During the summer of 1999, her recording of Arvo Part's Tabular Rasa with Gil Shaham, Neeme Jarvi and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra - was issued on Deutsche Grammophon, quickly followed by her Centaur recording of the Nielsen Violin Concerto with Dori Matson and the New York Scandia Symphony.
www.bflochambermusic.org /season/members.asp?group_id=7&index=1   (655 words)

  
 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra > Press Room > Press Releases
In addition, he was named Principal Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden beginning with the 2004-05 season.
In 1995 Venzago conducted the Baltimore Symphony on short notice, and the tremendous success of that debut has lead to the establishment of a very close relationship with the orchestra.
He frequently appears with prestigious orchestras throughout the world and has given recitals at Alice Tully Hall and the 92nd Street Y in New York and at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
www.baltimoresymphony.org /pressroom/pressreleases/view.asp?id=30000152   (598 words)

  
 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra January UK Tour | Sound Generator
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and its Principal Conductor Neeme Järvi visit London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and Leeds between 27th and 31st January 2004.
The Orchestra is currently recording the Tchaikovsky Symphonies with Neeme Järvi on the BIS label, and the Symphonies of Sibelius for Deutsche Grammophon.
Volume 1 of the Tchaikovsky symphonies will be issued in 2004, and the Sibelius symphonies will be issued as a box set, some 20 years after the Orchestra's first recording of the Sibelius Symphonies were released on the BIS label.
www.soundgenerator.com /news/index.cfm?articleid=2992   (666 words)

  
 Gramophone - News - The world's best classical music magazine
But while a new principal conductor is sought, Järvi and the Gothenburg Symphony have much to be getting on with.
Järvi became principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in 1982.
In 1984, he was also appointed principal conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and later conductor laureate for life in 1990.
www.gramophone.co.uk /newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=1315&newssectionID=1   (225 words)

  
 El Paso Symphony Orchestra
As cover conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, she conducted the orchestra on numerous occasions in rehearsal and in concert, including the 2003 Bach and Beyond Series as well as education concerts.
She was awarded the Bruno Walter Assistant Conductor Chair for her work with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, one of two awards made in the United States for the 2003-04 season.
As such, she has conducted the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Flemish Radio Orchestra, and the Oregon Bach Festival.
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 PlaybillArts: News: Gustavo Dudamel Appointed Principal Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony
PlaybillArts: News: Gustavo Dudamel Appointed Principal Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony
Gustavo Dudamel Appointed Principal Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony
Edward Smith, the orchestra's artistic and managing director, said, “To be able to forge a close association between Gustavo and the GSO is an extraordinary privilege for us all.
www.playbillarts.com /news/article/4342.html   (449 words)

  
 St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed during the summer of 1877, the Second Symphony was premiered on December 30 of that year at a Vienna Philharmonic Concert conducted by Hans Richter.
He is also the current music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, and conductor laureate of London’s Royal Philharmonic.
Initially formed in 1882 as an orchestra for the Imperial Court and elite aristocracy, the ensemble was declared a state orchestra in October 1917 and gave its first public concert in new Soviet Russia shortly thereafter.
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 SIBELIUS The Seventh Symphony Recordings Survey Part 2 - INKPOT
· An Inktroduction to the Seventh Symphony ·
The recording of the Seventh Symphony here, as the notes imply, was made in two sessions in March 1960 and October 1965.
The timpani's quietly imposing throbbing is followed by a straightforward and relatively brisk scalic passage, the passing-over of tone from the lower strings to the violins is skilfully accomplished here.
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 Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Neeme Jarvi Press Kit
His engagements around the globe have included, in Europe, all of London’s principal orchestras; the Berlin Philharmonic; the Bavarian, North German and Cologne Radio symphony orchestras; Orchestre National de France and Orchestre de Paris; Rome’s Orchestra di Accademia di Santa Cecilia and Geneva’s Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, to name a few.
He led the GSO on tours of Asia, Europe and the United States, as well as formed an extensive recording relationship with Deutsche Grammophon.  Maestro Järvi stepped down from his full-time post with the GSO at the end of the 2003–04 season, becoming Principal Conductor Emeritus.
Their oldest son, Paavo, is Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie of Bremen.
www.detroitsymphony.com /main.taf?p=5,1,2,1   (931 words)

  
 Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 13, 14 & 15 / Järvi, Gothenburg So | ArkivMusic
Still, Järvi's taut, imaginative conducting and the Gothenburg Symphony's lively playing gives the music--especially the first, third, and fourth movements--a sinister edge that creates an unmistakable sense of uneasiness.
In Symphony No. 14 Järvi artfully balances the elements of gloom, defiance, and resignation that make up this stark yet at times serene work.
The Gothenburg Orchestra provides impassioned and sonorous playing from every section, just as it does in the mirror-image finale.
www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=73953   (324 words)

  
 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Barber was a brilliant talent who proved his mastery of the orchestra early.
It was also his first composition to be performed by a major American orchestra: it was premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra on August 30, 1933.
Neeme Järvi has been an active champion of Tubin’s music, particularly the symphonies, which he has also recorded with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra on Bis.
www.njsymphony.org /ProgramNotes/NotesCL16.htm   (1261 words)

  
 The Social Affairs Unit - Web Review: Worth the Wait - Anne Sofie von Otter & Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra at the Proms
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra had assembled onstage and tuned up and the conductor had strolled to the podium and raised his baton when, in the expectant hush, loud electronic squeaks and burbles manifested themselves from the various speakers about the Hall.
He had been drafted in at the last minute to replace the indisposed Neeme Järvi (which also occasioned the dropping from the programme of a piece by the Estonian composer Eduard Tubin), and this was his UK debut.
Although the orchestra used is large, these songs were orchestrated by Mahler in chamber-music, rather than symphonic, mode, and the transparency and balance which Dudamel and his players now achieved was exemplary.
www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk /blog/archives/000549.php   (1161 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Nielsen: Complete Orchestral Music: Music: Knut Skram,Carl Nielsen,Myung-Whun Chung,Gothenburg Symphony ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Every minute of every piece -- the clarinet concerto, maskarade overture, and 3rd symphony -- is brilliantly executed, but what comes across the most is just Nielsen's sheer genius and the consistently inspired level of his writing.
I am gradually coming to the conclusion that this was the greatest composer of symphonies after Beethoven.
Parts of the first movement of the 3rd symphony (on this disk) sound like Shostakovich, and it was written in 1910.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000016CI?v=glance   (530 words)

  
 NEEME JÄRVI - Conductor | Dirigent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This part of the concert was recorded for possible use in the CD box set planned for release in 2004, to contain all of Sibelius' symphonies.
One is that the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra has already played this piece so many times that I know that it can sound better.
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Neeme Järvi has achieved this so well on countless occasions before, when you had every reason to describe it as world-class.
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 PPL's Peoria Symphony Orchestra Centennial Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Peoria Symphony Orchestra has reached its centennial anniversary season, an achievement that only 14 other orchestras in the country have realized.
The Symphony is proud to announce the 1997-1998 Centennial Celebration subscription series featuring music director, William Wilsen and an array of international stars.
Come blow out the candles as the Symphony revels in the success of the first hundred years of music and look forward to another eventful century with 22-year-old violin virtuoso Rachel Barton as she tickles your ears with her incredible accuracy.
www.peoria.lib.il.us /ppls.htm   (783 words)

  
 Press & News - Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Prior to his current post in Dayton, Maestro Gittleman served as Resident Conductor and Associate Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, plus Assistant Conductorships with the Oregon Symphony and the Hartt Symphony and Opera Theater.
In the spring of 2000, Naxos released her recording of the Philip Glass Violin Concerto with Takuo Yuasa and the Ulster Orchestra, which followed that label's earlier release of an all-Schubert album.
During the summer of 1999, her recording of Arvo Part's Tabula rasa - with Gil Shaham, Neeme Jarvi and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra - was issued on Deutsche Grammophon, quickly followed by her Centaur recording of the Nielsen Violin Concerto with Dorrit Matson and the New York Scandia Symphony.
www.indianapolissymphony.org /about/press/article.aspx?pressReleaseID=72   (679 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Nielsen: Symphony No1; Concerto for flute fs119 [Import]: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Carl Nielsen (Composer), Myung-Whun Chung (Conductor), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Patrick Gallois (Performer)
An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands, rhapsodic overture for orchestra, FS 123
Performed by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra with Patrick Gallois
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000016FP   (283 words)

  
 Neeme Jarvi Homepage
In 1963 Neeme Järvi became Music Director of the Estonian Radio and Television Orchestra, founded the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, and was appointed Chief Conductor of the Opera House Estonia in Tallinn, a position he held for thirteen years.
In Europe, JŠrvi appears regularly with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Orchestre National de France and the Orchestre de Paris.
In the fall of 1995, Järvi and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO) conducted a tour of Germany and Austria with concerts in Munich, Cologne, Berlin and Vienna; and appeared later in the season in London and Glasgow.
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 classical music - andante - promising 24-year-old gustavo dudamel stands in for neeme järvi with the gothenburg ...
Standing in for the indisposed Neeme Järvi at the helm of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Dudamel appeared totally unfazed by the prospect of directing these esteemed musicians (much of his work seems hitherto to have been with youth orchestras).
South America met the Baltic north in Dudamel's remarkable account of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, well attuned to its soundworld where lyricism is always close to the surface and with scrupulous attention to detailed articulation.
The GSO obviously adore Dudamel, and as applause erupted after the symphony's tremendous ending they endorsed him with a fanfare they had secretly prepared.
www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=25838   (369 words)

  
 PROM 30: Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Sibelius, Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Friday night’s Prom, by the visiting Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, was originally to be conducted by Neeme Järvi.
I, much to the delight of the packed house; during the recapitulation, however, the audience began to tire as the noise grew a little wearisome.
By the time we got to Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony it was already quarter to ten in the evening, and the orchestra, though they had not played in the “new” work, were visibly tired.
www.musicweb-international.com /SandH/2005/Jul-Dec05/prom30.htm   (732 words)

  
 Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Performer Details
The concert was broadcast from the Concertgebouw and his award included a guest appearance with the Kanazawa Symphony Orchestra of Japan.
Since his debut with The Hague Residentie Orchestra in July 1993, he has conducted such leading Dutch orchestras as the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Symphony, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Brabant Orchestra and the Gelders Orchestra.
Future engagements include the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic (with a concert in the Hollywood Bowl), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra.
www.laphil.org /resources/performer_detail.cfm?id=793   (555 words)

  
 ICM - International Creative Management, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In Europe she has performed with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Denmark's Aalborg and Aarhus Symphony Orchestras, Finland's Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the NDR Orchestra Hannover, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Her recording of the Philip Glass Violin Concerto with Takuo Yuasa and the Ulster Orchestra was released by Naxos in 2000, which followed an earlier release of an all-Schubert recital disc for the same label.
Anthony was the youngest winner of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition, performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra; the prize also featured a live national telecast of the Tchaikovsky Concerto.
www.icmtalent.com /musperf/profiles/60318.html   (578 words)

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