Aleksandar Marković (conductor)
Aleksandar Marković (born in Belgrade, August 7, 1975) is a Serbian conductor.
Marković studied conducting at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (Vienna), in the class of Leopold Hager. He earned a Diploma d'onore at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, where he attended a master class in conducting. He was a holder of the Herbert von Karajan Foundation's scholarship. In 2003, he won the First Prize at The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors (7th) in Katowice, Poland.[1]
Marković was a chief conductor of Tyrolean Opera House from Innsbruck, Austria (Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck), from 2005 to 2008. He was a Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra from 2009 to 2015. Markovic was the Music Director of Opera North for the 2016/2017 season.[2] Today, he is the Principal Guest Conductor of Sinfonia Varsovia (from 2022)[3] and Chief Conductor of Vodvodjanski Symphony Orchestra.
References edit
- ^ "Ludzie: Aleksandar Markovic i Modestas Pitrenas". Gazeta (in Polish). 2003-12-14. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ^ "Opera North's new Music Director: Aleksandar Marković" (Press release). Opera North. 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ^ "Biography of Aleksandar Marković". sinfoniavarsovia.org. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
External links edit
- Aleksandar Markovic Official Website
- Maestro Arts agency biography of Aleksandar Markovic 2020-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Larry L. Lash, 6/23/06, / Der Fliegende Holländer-Tiroler Landestheater, Opera News.
- Martin Wilkening, 03.09.2011, / Wie beim Schaulaufen, Berliner Zeitung.
- Larry L. Lash, 2/7/08, / Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci, Opera News.
- 'Facing the music: Aleksandar Marković'. The Guardian, 22 August 2016
- Berliner Morgenpost, 28. April 2009, Joseph Haydn gefällt auch den jungen Leuten