For the New Zealand bishop, see Michael Gielen (bishop).
Michael Gielen
Gielen in 1965
Born
Michael Andreas Gielen
(1927-07-20)20 July 1927
Dresden, Germany
Died
8 March 2019(2019-03-08) (aged 91)
Mondsee, Austria
Occupations
Conductor
Composer
Organizations
Royal Swedish Opera
Oper Frankfurt
Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Awards
Hessian Cultural Prize
Theodor W. Adorno Award
Frankfurter Musikpreis
Duisburger Musikpreis
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Michael Andreas Gielen (20 July 1927 – 8 March 2019) was an Austrian conductor and composer known for promoting contemporary music in opera and concert. Principally active in Europe, his performances are characterized by precision and vivacity, aiding his ability to interpret the complex contemporary music he specialized in.
He first worked in Buenos Aires, where he lived with his family between 1938 and 1950. In Europe, he first worked in Vienna and then in Sweden as the Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Royal Swedish Opera. He conducted notable world premieres such as György Ligeti's Requièm, Karlheinz Stockhausen's Carré, and Bernd Alois Zimmermann's opera Die Soldaten and his Requiem für einen jungen Dichter. He directed the Oper Frankfurt from 1977 to 1987, installing more contemporary operas, winning stage directors such as Hans Neuenfels and Ruth Berghaus, and reviving operas such as Schreker's Die Gezeichneten. During his era, the company became one of the leading operas.
Gielen was also principal conductor of the National Orchestra of Belgium (1969–1973), the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (1980–1986) and the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (1986–1999). As a composer, he worked in the tradition of the Second Viennese School, often setting modern literature to music. His works were premiered with performers such as Joan Carroll, Siegfried Palm, Aloys Kontarsky and the LaSalle Quartet.
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advisor of the orchestra from 1978 until his own death in 1980. In 1980, MichaelGielen became music director; he held the post until 1986. Jesús López-Cobos...
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on children without the approval of the local Bishop. Shortly after, MichaelGielen, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch suspended all...
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Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair. Austrian avant-garde composer MichaelGielen set to music Un día sobresale (Ein Tag Tritt Hervor. Pentaphonie für...
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Schmidt-Isserstedt, conductor (68:25) (1956, mono) v David Lively, piano; MichaelGielen, conductor (72:05) v Pietro Massa, piano; Stefan Malzew, conductor (78:28)...
He worked in Barcelona and Frankfurt, and served as an assistant to MichaelGielen. Pappano's first conducting appearance at Den Norske Opera was in 1987...
he worked with Riccardo Muti and Zubin Mehta. He was an assistant to MichaelGielen at the Oper Frankfurt. In 1988, during this time, he conducted at the...
appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand in 2021. MichaelGielen Denis William Hanrahan (1984–1985) Barry Jones (2006–2007) John Cunneen...
Belgian trance act composed of Johan Gielen and formerly, Sven Maes. The group also recorded as Svenson & Gielen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsfɛnsɔn ən ˈɣilə(n)])...
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"Symphony of a Thousand". A live recording of that concert conducted by MichaelGielen is available on CD. Alte Oper has venues of different size: Großer Saal...
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