Global InformationMyron Michailidis information
Myron Michailidis | |
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 Michailidis conducting the Athens State Orchestra in 2018 | |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Heraklion, Crete, Greece |
| Nationality |  Greece |
| Alma mater | Universität der Künste Berlin (Orchestral Conducting) University of Athens (Law & Economic Sciences) |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor Pianist |
| Awards |  Chevalier de l'Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres (République Française, 2016) |
| Website | http://www.myronmichailidis.com |
Myron Michailidis (Greek: Μύρων Μιχαηλίδης) is a Greek conductor, since 2019 Artistic Director of the new Cultural and Conference Center of Crete (CCCC), in Heraklion, Greece.[1] He is regarded today as one of the most important Greek conductors.
Previously, between 2018 and 2022, Michailidis was the Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of both the Erfurt Opera & the Philharmonic Orchestra of Erfurt in Germany,[2] and between 2011 and 2017, he held the position of Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Greek National Opera (GNO) (Greek: Εθνική Λυρική Σκηνή, Ethnikí Lyrikí Skiní) in Athens, Greece, of which he made one of the great European opera houses. From 2004 to 2011 he was the General Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (TSSO), while from 1999 to 2004 he served as Permanent Conductor at the Opera of Eastern Saxony in Germany.
The repertoire of Myron Michailidis, which consists of a catalog that exceeds 250 symphonic works and 40 operas, ranges from Baroque to Contemporary music and includes Symphonic as well as Choral works alongside operas. He is a great proponent of the music of Beethoven,[3] Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff[4] and Xenakis,[5] as well as of the operas of Verdi,[6] Puccini,[7] Gounod[8] and Wagner.[9]
Michailidis has conducted the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Erfurt, the Braunschweig State Orchestra, the Saarländisches Staatsorchester, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Rome Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Opera Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Ontario Philharmonic Orchestra, the Croatian Rijeka National Orchestra, the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bucharest National Opera, the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Radio Orchestra of Romania, the Οdessa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Astrakhan State Theater Symphony Orchestra, the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, the Μexico State Orchestra, the Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo, as well as all Greek symphony orchestras, including the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, the Athens State Orchestra, the Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra ERT, the Greek National Opera Orchestra and the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra.
He has collaborated with leading artists, including Aldo Ciccolini,[10] Paul Badura-Skoda, Cyprien Katsaris, Ivo Pogorelić, Lars Vogt, Fazıl Say, Barry Douglas, Martino Tirimo, Dimitris Sgouros, Salvatore Accardo, Vadim Repin, Shlomo Mintz, Diana Tishchenko, Kirill Troussov, Mischa Maisky, Theodore Kerkezos, Paata Burchuladze, June Anderson, Cheryl Studer, and several others. About his close collaboration with Myron Michailidis and the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, the legendary pianist Aldo Ciccolini was declaring in May 2006:[11]
« I am impressed and happy to have collaborated with this orchestra, brilliantly conducted by Mr. Myron Michailidis, who knows what he is doing… a partnership that will remain in my memory for long... »
— Aldo Ciccolini
Also more recently, following a concert conducted by Michailidis in Erfurt in September 2018, Cyprien Katsaris, who played Shostakovich's piano concerto No. 2, declared:[12]
« The Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the great Greek conductor Myron Michailidis, played wonderfully well [...] it was simply fantastic! Then I listened to Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in the second part, and I could not believe what I witnessed: a miracle! »
— Cyprien Katsaris
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:8was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ The Greek conductor Myron Michailidis will be the new General Music Director at the Theater Erfurt from season 2018/19, on the site of the Theater Erfurt: https://www.theater-erfurt.de/en_UK/Press-and-News/News/Myron-Michailidis-new-General-Music-Director.html Archived 14 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Listen to his Recording for EMI Classics of Beethoven's Concertos Nos 3 & 4, with Aldo Ciccolini & the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (TSSO) (Thessaloniki Concert Hall, 26-31 May 2018).
- ^ YouTube video of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2, with the Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra ERT (Athens Concert Hall, 25 April 2018). (Εθνική Συμφωνική Ορχήστρα Μύρων Μιχαηλίδης 25 Απριλίου 2018 MMA, uploaded by kobot8 on 15 July 2018)
- ^ BOZONI, Argyro (21 July 2023). "«Ορέστεια» του Ξενάκη: Ένα σπάνιο καλλιτεχνικό γεγονός στην Ελευσίνα" ["Oresteïa" by Xenakis: A rare artistic event in Elefsina]. LIFO (in Greek).
- ^ YouTube Video of his rehearsal of Verdi's Luisa Miller, (Teatro Verdi Trieste, March 2018). (Luisa Miller - prova d'orchestra col M° Myron Michailidis, uploaded by TeatroVerdiTrieste on 22 February 2016)
- ^ YouTube video of Puccini's Tosca (aria Vissi d'arte sung by Cellia Costea), with the Greek National Opera (GNO) (Herodes Atticus Theater, July 2012). (Cellia Costea: Vissi d'arte /Puccini's TOSCA by Greek National Opera / Odeon Of Herodes Atticus, uploaded by greek national opera on 6 June 2015).
- ^ Watch his DVD of Gounod's Faust, with the Greek National Opera (GNO) Orchestra, Chorus & Ballet (Athens Concert Hall, 20 January 2012).
- ^ Watch the announcement Videos on YouTube of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde & Lohengrin new productions of the Greek National Opera (GNO) (Athens Concert Hall, January 2015 & 2017, respectively) (ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΛΥΡΙΚΗ ΣΚΗΝΗ - ΛΟΕΝΓΚΡΙΝ - RICHARD WAGNER's LOHENGRIN - 27/01-05/02 - ΜΕΓΑΡΟ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ, uploaded by greek national opera on 23 December 2016 and ΕΛΣ Τριστάνος & Ιζόλδη - R. Wagner - Tristan und Isolde / Greek National Opera 2014-15, uploaded by greek national opera on 30 December 2014).
- ^ filmed interview of Aldo Ciccolini (1925–2015) on YouTube, in which the legendary pianist evokes his relation with Myron Michailidis & Greece, and the recording of Beethoven's concerti for EMI Classics: Aldo Ciccolini, Beethoven: Concertos pour piano n°3 & 4 (uploaded by Warner Classics on 29 March 2012).
- ^ Within the disc of Beethoven's concerti for EMI Classics: Aldo Ciccolini - Myron Michailidis, « Beethoven: Piano Concertos n°3 & 4 »
- ^ On 24 September 2018 in a public statement of Cyprien Katsaris on his official page in the social media: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1950039848420713&id=143436435747739