指揮者：シュテファン・ブルニエ Stefan Blunier
Stefan Blunier (born August 11, 1964 in Bern ) is a Swiss conductor and pianist .
From 2008 to 2016 he was General Music Director of the Federal City of Bonn and Chief Conductor of the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn and the Opera Bonn .
Life
Blunier first studied in his hometown at the Bern University of the Arts and from 1984 at the Folkwang University in Essen , u. a. with Reinhard Peters , the subjects horn , piano, composition and conducting. During his studies, Blunier was already performing internationally and took part in radio productions. A worldwide career as a conductor began with awards in major conducting competitions, in 1990 in Besancon and in 1992 in Copenhagen .
Initially employed as second conductor and accompanist at the Mainz State Theater , Blunier found himself at the Augsburg Theater in 1992 , where he held the position of first conductor. In 1995 he moved to the Nationaltheater Mannheim for six years , where he also became the first conductor. In 2001 she was appointed General Music Director of the Darmstadt State Theater . From 2008 to 2016 Blunier was General Music Director of the Federal City of Bonn, which made him the chief conductor of both the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn and the Bonn Opera .
Guest conducting has led him a. a. to a number of German radio symphony orchestras, the Bavarian State Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin , the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig and the English National Opera in London as well as other orchestras and opera houses in more than ten countries. He is also the "Premier Chef Invite" of the Orchester National de Belgique in Brussels.
Blunier is married and has a son.
Awards
Under the direction of Blunier, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn has been awarded the ECHO Classic five times since 2009 , so in 2009 and 2011 in the "Classic for Children" category for the concert educational project "Bobby Classic" initiated by Blunier. In addition, Blunier and his orchestra were awarded in 2011 and 2012 in the category “Opera Recording of the Year” for the resumption of the Golem by Eugen d'Albert and the opera Irrelohe by Franz Schreker.
repertoire
Blunier's repertoire is described as diverse, with "programmatic preferences for modernity and the less well-known compositions of late romanticism ". [1] An important issue to him u. a. the promotion and presentation of rarely played compositions, especially rare operas, which he embeds in a classical repertoire in order to bring them closer to the listener. To meet this goal, Blunier introduces the audience to the program before each concert.
Recordings
Blunier's discography on the labels cpo , Sony and Dabringhaus & Grimm includes productions by composers such as Eugen d'Albert, Anton Bruckner , Franz Liszt , Franz Schreker and Arnold Schonberg .