Koenigs grew up in Aachen, in West Germany; as a young boy, he was a chorister at Aachen Cathedral, where he sang all of Anton Bruckner's masses and motets, and developed a special affinity for Bruckner's music.[1]
Koenigs received his general secondary education at Aachen's Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium, while studying piano and conducting at the Cologne Conservatory.
Koenigs first conducted the orchestra of Welsh National Opera (WNO) in January 2005.[2] He subsequently appeared as a guest conductor in WNO productions of Salome and Khovanshchina.[3][4] In July 2008, WNO appointed Koenigs its next music director, effective with the 2009–2010 season.[2] His initial WNO contract was for five years.[5] He made his Proms conducting debut on 17 July 2010 with a concert performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,[6] with Bryn Terfel as Hans Sachs, in the first complete performance of Die Meistersinger at The Proms. He concluded his WNO tenure after the 2015–2016 season.[7]
In the United States, Koenigs made his first conducting appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in December 2008 with Don Giovanni.[8] He returned to the Metropolitan Opera as a substitute for James Levine in the new William Kentridge production, in November 2015, of Alban Berg's Lulu.[9] In April 2019, he conducted La clemenza di Tito with the Metropolitan Opera.[10] Durante el año 1.989 fué director de la Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile.
Referencesedit
^Summary of Lothar Koenigs remarks during Interval of Radio 3 in Concert: Lothar Koenigs conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Tuesday 28 February 2017.
^ ab"German appointed WNO musical director". Cardiff What's On. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2010-07-24.[permanent dead link]
^Rupert Christiansen (2007-02-19). "Electrifying night of pain and politics". Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
lothar, koenigs, born, 1965, aachen, germany, german, conductor, contents, biography, career, references, external, linksbiography, editkoenigs, grew, aachen, west, germany, young, chorister, aachen, cathedral, where, sang, anton, bruckner, masses, motets, dev. Lothar Koenigs born 1965 in Aachen Germany is a German conductor Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Career 2 References 3 External linksBiography editKoenigs grew up in Aachen in West Germany as a young boy he was a chorister at Aachen Cathedral where he sang all of Anton Bruckner s masses and motets and developed a special affinity for Bruckner s music 1 Koenigs received his general secondary education at Aachen s Kaiser Karls Gymnasium while studying piano and conducting at the Cologne Conservatory Career edit After his studies he held appointments in Hagen Munster and Bonn From 2000 to 2003 he was Generalmusikdirektor GMD at the Osnabruck Theatre His freelance work since his Osnabruck tenure has included engagements at the Opera National de Lyon of Wozzeck 2003 a Janacek cycle of Jenufa Kata Kabanova and The Makropulos Affair 2004 and Lohengrin 2006 Koenigs first conducted the orchestra of Welsh National Opera WNO in January 2005 2 He subsequently appeared as a guest conductor in WNO productions of Salome and Khovanshchina 3 4 In July 2008 WNO appointed Koenigs its next music director effective with the 2009 2010 season 2 His initial WNO contract was for five years 5 He made his Proms conducting debut on 17 July 2010 with a concert performance of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg 6 with Bryn Terfel as Hans Sachs in the first complete performance of Die Meistersinger at The Proms He concluded his WNO tenure after the 2015 2016 season 7 In the United States Koenigs made his first conducting appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in December 2008 with Don Giovanni 8 He returned to the Metropolitan Opera as a substitute for James Levine in the new William Kentridge production in November 2015 of Alban Berg s Lulu 9 In April 2019 he conducted La clemenza di Tito with the Metropolitan Opera 10 Durante el ano 1 989 fue director de la Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile References edit Summary of Lothar Koenigs remarks during Interval of Radio 3 in Concert Lothar Koenigs conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner s Seventh Symphony Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Tuesday 28 February 2017 a b German appointed WNO musical director Cardiff What s On 2008 07 20 Retrieved 2010 07 24 permanent dead link Rupert Christiansen 2007 02 19 Electrifying night of pain and politics Telegraph Retrieved 2010 07 24 Rupert Christiansen 2009 09 17 Lothar Koenigs interview Telegraph Retrieved 2010 07 24 Karen Price 2009 09 26 How Koenigs is working on his musical dream with the WNO Western Mail Retrieved 2011 11 13 Ivan Hewett 2009 09 17 Proms 2010 Prom 2 Wagner s Meistersingers WNO review Telegraph Retrieved 2010 07 24 WNO announces new Music Director and new Conductor Laureate Press release Welsh National Opera 23 September 2015 Retrieved 2015 09 26 The Listings New York Times 2008 11 28 Retrieved 2010 07 24 Anthony Tommasini 2015 11 06 Review Finding Beauty in a Wrenching Lulu at the Met New York Times Retrieved 2016 08 07 Radio 3 Listen Live BBC Sounds www bbc co uk External links editLothar Koenigs at Groves Artists Preceded byJean Francois Monnard Generalmusikdirektor Theater Osnabruck1989 2003 Succeeded byHermann Baumer Preceded byCarlo Rizzi Music Director Welsh National Opera2009 2016 Succeeded byTomas Hanus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lothar Koenigs amp oldid 1184289410, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
