Marc Minkowski (born 4 October 1962)[1][2] is a French conductor of classical music, especially known for his interpretations of French Baroque works. Minkowski was musical director of Mozartwoche in Salzburg, Austria, from 2013 to 2017[3] and was general director of the Opéra national de Bordeaux from 2016 to 2021.[4] Minkowski is a Chevalier du Mérite.
marc, minkowski, born, october, 1962, french, conductor, classical, music, especially, known, interpretations, french, baroque, works, minkowski, musical, director, mozartwoche, salzburg, austria, from, 2013, 2017, general, director, opéra, national, bordeaux,. Marc Minkowski born 4 October 1962 1 2 is a French conductor of classical music especially known for his interpretations of French Baroque works Minkowski was musical director of Mozartwoche in Salzburg Austria from 2013 to 2017 3 and was general director of the Opera national de Bordeaux from 2016 to 2021 4 Minkowski is a Chevalier du Merite Minkowski in Hong Kong Cultural Centre 2013 Life and career editMarc Minkowski was born in Paris His maternal grandmother Edith Wade was a violinist 5 His mother Mary Anne Minkowski nee Wade is American and his father was Alexandre Minkowski a Polish French professor of pediatrics and one of the founders of neonatology 6 He began his musical career as a bassoonist for Rene Clemencic s Clemencic Consort and Philippe Pierlot s Ricercar Consort 2 In 1982 Minkowski formed Les Musiciens du Louvre an orchestra dedicated to showcasing French Baroque music 7 2 which has championed works by Marin Marais opera Alcyone Jean Joseph Mouret opera Les amours de Ragonde Marc Antoine Charpentier Jean Baptiste Lully opera Phaeton at Opera National de Lyon and Jean Philippe Rameau opera Hippolyte et Aricie The ensemble has also revived lesser known Handel operas such as Teseo Amadigi Riccardo Primo and Ariodante as well as several operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck including Armide at the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles Alceste and Iphigenie en Tauride at the English Bach Festival at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Les Musiciens du Louvre relocated to Grenoble after 1996 where they are associates at the Maison de la Culture de Grenoble 2 Minkowski s career focus has shifted from an initial specialized interest in the Baroque to a wider interest in opera He conducted Mozart s Idomeneo in 1996 at the Opera National de Paris and debuted his Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail at the Salzburg Festival He has since conducted Mozart s Le Nozze di Figaro at the Festival d Aix en Provence and Mitridate re di Ponto at the Salzburg Festival Handel s Giulio Cesare in Amsterdam Paris and Zurich with Cecilia Bartoli and his Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno in Zurich Donizetti s La Favorite in Zurich and Gluck s Iphigenie en Tauride among others He has also performed and recorded critically acclaimed works by Jacques Offenbach Orphee aux Enfers La belle Helene and La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein along with the Concerto militaire for cello and orchestra in G with Jerome Pernoo cello As well as Les Musiciens du Louvre Minkowski is active in the Mahler Chamber Orchestra the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestre de Paris the Los Angeles Philharmonic the Mozarteum Salzburg and the Staatskapelle Dresden In 2008 Minkowski became music director of Sinfonia Varsovia His recordings can be found on Erato EMI s Virgin Classics and Naive Records In 2014 Naive released a recording of the original version of Der fliegende Hollander and the first recording of Le Vaisseau fantome by Dietsch conducted by Minkowski 8 Minkowski was awarded the Prize XVIIe in 1988 for his recordings of Lully Moliere Les Comedies ballets par les Musiciens du Louvre Erato Records References edit Marc Minkowski Les Musiciens du Louvre Mdlg net Retrieved 9 July 2017 a b c d Deutsche Grammophon Artists Deutschegrammophon com Retrieved 9 July 2017 Biography Marc Minkowski Opera National de Bordeaux in French Retrieved 2 December 2023 Find Local Contractors Home Remodeling Contractors on Ecnext Goliath ecnext com Retrieved 9 July 2017 The international who s who 2000 London Europa Publ 1999 ISBN 978 1 85743 050 9 Presentation de la saison des Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble Les Musiciens du Louvre Mdlg net 17 October 2013 Retrieved 9 July 2017 Rohan Michael Scott Reviews of recording of Le Vaisseau fantome Opera February 2014 Vol 65 No 2 p223 225 External links editOfficial website Minkowski at Deutsche Grammophon Les Musiciens du Louvre Marc Minkowski at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marc Minkowski amp oldid 1205494469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
