Edo de Waart

Edo de Waart AO (born 1 June 1941 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch conductor.

Life

De Waart studied oboe, piano and conducting at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. He completed his studies in 1962 and the following year was an oboist in the prestigious Concertgebouw Orchestra. 1964, only 23 years old, he won the Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducting Competition in New - York. Part of the price was that for a year he was allowed to Leonard Bernstein assist with the New York Philharmonic. After his return to the Netherlands he took a the same position under Bernard Haitink with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Since then, de Waart has collaborated with a number of orchestras:

In addition to these fixed items was and is de Waart as the guest conductor of leading orchestras in the world operates, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Musical interest

De Waart is known as an expert on new music. He conducted the premieres of most of the works of John Adams and made recordings of compositions by Adams and Steve Reich.

De Waart is particularly interested in opera. He conducted the premiere of John Adams ' opera Nixon in China at the Houston Grand Opera and conducted productions at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976, at the Opéra Bastille, at the Metropolitan Opera and the Salzburg Festival. He conducted Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung been twice: at the San Francisco Opera and concert at the Sydney Opera House.

Recordings (selection)

Honors

Edo de Waart was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia during service in Sydney.