Vladimir Jurowski

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Vladimir Jurowski (Russian Владимир Михайлович Юровский; born April 4, 1972) is a Russian conductor. He is currently the principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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[edit] Biography

Jurowski was born in Moscow, Russia to conductor Mikhail Jurowski where he began his musical studies at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1990, he moved with his family to Germany, where he completed his education at the music schools in Dresden and Berlin. He studied conducting with Rolf Reuter and vocal coaching with Semion Skigin.[1] He participated in a conducting master class with Sir Colin Davis in 1991.[2]

[edit] Career

Jurowski first appeared on the international scene in 1995 at the Wexford Festival, where he conducted Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's May Night, and he returned the following year for Giacomo Meyerbeer's L'étoile du nord, which was recorded by Naxos Records. In April 1996, he made his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducting Nabucco.[3]

In the 1996-1997 season, Jurowski joined the ensemble of the Komische Oper Berlin, as an assistant to Yakov Kreizberg and second kapellmeister.[4] He received the title first kapellmeister a year later, and continued to work there full-time until 2001. He was the principal guest conductor of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna between 2000 and 2003.

In August 2000, Jurowski was named the music Director of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and he took on the post in January 2001.[5] His conducting debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) was in December 2001.[6] In 2003, he was appointed the LPO's Principal Guest Conductor and a member of the Russian National Orchestra Conductor Collegium[7] He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian National Orchestra, and a Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Jurowski was reported to have been offered the music directorship of Welsh National Opera upon the 2004 departure of Carlo Rizzi, but he declined the position.[8] His tenure with Glyndebourne has been highly acclaimed, and Jurowski has spoken of the favourable working conditions at Glyndebourne.[9]

In May 2006, Jurowski was announced as the LPO's 11th Principal Conductor, effective at the beginning of the 2007-2008 season.[10] Several CD recordings of Jurowski conducting the LPO have been released.[11] In April 2007, Jurowski was one of eight conductors of British orchestras to endorse the 10-year classical music outreach manifesto, "Building on Excellence: Orchestras for the 21st Century", to increase the presence of classical music in the UK, including giving free entry to all British schoolchildren to a classical music concert.[12] In May 2007, Jurowski received the 2007 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for Conductor of the Year.

In the USA, Jurowski made an acclaimed conducting debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in October 2005. He returned in February 2007 to Philadelphia for a second guest conducting engagement which also received critical praise.[13]

Jurowski is married, with a daughter.[14]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tim Ashley and Caroline Sullivan. "A tale of two festivals", The Guardian, 17 May 2002. Retrieved on 2007-09-23. 
  2. ^ Edward Seckerson. "Vladimir Jurowski: Taking up the baton", The Independent, 27 September 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-28. 
  3. ^ Los Angeles Philharmonic Association (5 November 2005). "Conductor Vladimir Jurowski leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
  4. ^ Ivan Hewett. "Grace and fervour of a riveting podium performer", The Telegraph, 10 August 2006. Retrieved on 2007-09-23. 
  5. ^ Erica Jeal, "Man on a mission". The Guardian, 8 December 2004.
  6. ^ "Last-minute stand-in makes an electrifying debut". Telegraph, 17 December 2001.
  7. ^ Vadim Prokhorov, "Batons at dawn". The Guardian, 18 March 2004.
  8. ^ Rupert Christiansen, "Everyone was nervous of change. I wanted change". Telegraph, 10 February 2004.
  9. ^ Richard Morrison. "Napoleon on the podium", The Times, 8 June 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-07. 
  10. ^ Charlotte Higgins, "LPO orchestrates its future under Jurowski". The Guardian, 4 May 2006.
  11. ^ Andrew Clements, "Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead; Symphonic Dances: London Philharmonic/ Jurowski" (CD review). The Guardian, 29 April 2005.
  12. ^ Charlotte Higgins, "Orchestras urge free concerts for children". The Guardian, 26 April 2007.
  13. ^ Peter Dobrin, "Guest conductor proves his stellar debut was no accident". Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 February 2007.
  14. ^ Tom Service. "Sound and vision", The Guardian, 2 December 2006. Retrieved on 2007-09-28. 

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Preceded by
Andrew Davis		 Music Director, Glyndebourne Opera
2001-present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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Thomas Beecham (1932) · Eduard van Beinum (1947) · Adrian Boult (1950) · William Steinberg (1958) · John Pritchard (1962) · Bernard Haitink (1967) · Georg Solti (1979) · Klaus Tennstedt (1983) · Franz Welser-Möst (1990) · Kurt Masur (2000) · Vladimir Jurowski (2007)
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