Lothar Zagrosek
Lothar Zagrosek ( born November 13, 1942 in Otting ( Waging a.See ) ) is a German conductor.
Life
During his school years he was Director of Music at Theobald Schrems singer soloist in the cathedral choir. As such, he sang, inter alia, the first boy in the opera The Magic Flute at the 1954 Salzburg Festival. He studied conducting with Hans Swarovsky, Istvan Kertesz, Bruno Maderna and Herbert von Karajan. From 2006 to the end of the 2010/2011 season Zagrosek worked as Chief Conductor and Deputy Director of the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, in September 2012, he returned to the German Opera Berlin, where he became the musical director of a new production of Lachenmann's The Girl with the matches. Lothar Zagrosek he was from 1997 to 2006 General Music Director of the Württemberg State Opera in Stuttgart. His work on this house has been recognized in the critics' poll of the magazine Opera world twice with the award " Conductor of the Year ". The Stuttgart State Opera was five times elected to the Opera House of the Year during his tenure. In addition, from 1995 he is principal guest conductor of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. Lothar Zagrosek musical career took after working as General Music Director in Solingen and in Krefeld -Mönchengladbach in 1982 as chief conductor of the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna. This commitment was followed in 1986 for three years as Director of the Grand Opera musicale de Paris, as well as Chief Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London. From 1990 to 1992 Lothar Zagrosek served as music director of the Leipzig Opera.
Zagrosek is both opera and concert conductor and has made an outstanding contribution to contemporary music. Numerous premieres and first to be mentioned here, including works by Berthold Goldschmidt, Jörg Herchet, Günter Kochan, Helmut Lachenmann, Wolfgang Rihm and Hans Zender. He also introduced many forgotten works again, especially music of the so-called " degenerate music " ( among others Hans Krasa, Viktor Ullmann, Erwin Schulhoff ) and the early 20th century modernism (Paul Hindemith, Franz Schreker ). Several of his recordings have important awards such as the " Grand Prix du Disque ", " Cannes Classical Award " and the German Record Prize won or been nominated for a Grammy. In 2006, Lothar Zagrosek the Hessian Culture Prize. For his outstanding musical achievements, he was honored by the Association of German critics eV with the " Critics' Award 2009" in the music. Lothar Zagrosek, the youth development and cultural education deeply about, is patron of the offensive Cultural Education in Berlin, Honorary Chairman of the jury of high school competition Conducting in 2008 and Chairman of the artistic advisory board of the Conductors Forum of the German Music Council.
Lothar Zagrosek a guest in all the major concert halls of Germany and has recorded numerous CDs. He stood and still stands on the podium a number of major orchestras at home and abroad, including the Berlin and Munich Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Bamberg Symphony, all major German Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Orchestra dell ' Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre National de France, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo. He was a guest at the Vienna and Berlin Festival, the London Proms, the musica viva and represented at the contemporary music festival in Donaueschingen, Berlin, Brussels and Paris.
His twin brother Eberhard Zagrosek founded in 2005 the International Piano Competition for Amateurs, Berlin.