Matthias Bamert

Matthias Bamert ( born July 5, 1942 in Ersigen the Canton of Bern ) is a Swiss composer and conductor.

Bamert studied, their influence is found again in Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen in his own compositions from the 1970s music in Switzerland as well as in Darmstadt and Paris. From 1965 to 1969 he was principal oboist at the Salzburg Mozart Orchestra, but then worked mainly as a conductor. His international career began as an assistant to George Szell and later Leopold Stokowski at the Cleveland Orchestra; under Lorin Maazel Resident Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. From 1977 to 1983 he was chief conductor of the Radio Symphony Orchestra Basel.

Opened in 1983, Bamert with the Radio -Sinfonieorchester Basel, series " Kindergarten Concert ", their first edition ( title "Circus" ) was awarded the "Prix Jeunesse International ." This series was produced by Swiss Television DRS and the Bavarian Radio with 9 episodes until 1986 and then repeated sent by the ARD. Their goal was to promote the acoustic perception skills in young children and also contained a high musical entertainment value in the afternoon program of television.

After that he took part in other engagements in Europe, so the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and from 1985 to 1990, the post of Director of the Glasgow contemporary music festival Musica Nova. He gained a reputation for innovative program design and conducted world premieres by composers such as Toru Takemitsu, John Casken, James MacMillan and Wolfgang Rihm. In 1987 he took his first residence in London; 1993 to 2000 he was head of the London Mozart Players.

Since 1990 he conducted as a guest conductor almost all major symphony orchestras in the world such as in Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Minnesota, Japan, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Leipzig and St Petersburg. Bamert is mainly known for its commitment to new music, the unknown music of the 18th century and the neglected music of all eras.

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