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Masterprize
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Emmanuel Pahud | Martijn Sanders | Barry Tuckwell
PETER ALWARD
Peter Alward started his career at Simrock Music Publishers in 1969 but a year later moved to join EMI in the UK Classical Division as Assistant Editor of the Catalogue. In 1976 he became European Classical Co-ordinator, based in Munich and remained in this position until 1983 when he moved back to London to become Manager Artists and Repertoire. From 1985 Mr Alward was Vice President of EMI Classics Division and he held this position until last year when he became President of EMI Classics.
CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI
Born in Berlin, Christoph von Dohnányi began studying law in Munich. After two years he decided to join the Munich Academy of Music to study composition, piano and conducting. At the end of his studies he was awarded the Richard Strauss Prize by the City of Munich. He then went to Florida State University to continue to study with his grandfather, Ernst von Dohnányi.
In 1953 Christoph von Dohnányi was appointed repetiteur and conductor at the Frankfurt Opera by Sir Georg Solti. At the age of 27 he moved to Lübeck where he became Germany's youngest General Music Director, before being appointed Chief Conductor of the Westdeutsche Rundfunk Snfonie Orchester in Cologne. He held positions as General Music Director and Opera Director in Frankfurt, and was Intendant and Chief Conductor of Hamburg Opera.
In December 1981 Christoph von Dohnányi first conducted The Cleveland Orchestra and was appointed Music Director Designate the following year. He served as Music Director from September 1984 to August 2002, and became Music Director Laureate in September 2002. The Cleveland Orchestra has given performances with Dohnanyi across the world including, for the first time in the Orchestra's history, in China.
With The Cleveland Orchestra he has recorded the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann, selected symphonies by Bruckner, Dvorak, Mahler, Mozart, Schubert and Tchaikovsky and works by Adam,s. Bartok, Berlioz, Birtwistle, Busoni, Ives, Ravel, Richard Strauss, Varese and Webern.
In September 1997 Christoph von Dohnányi became Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra having been its Principal Guest Conductor since 1994.
Christoph von Dohnányi has recently signed a contract as Chief Conductor of the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg, a position which will commence in the 2004/ 2005 season.
Christoph von Dohnányi's future plans include guest appearances at the Pittsburgh Symphony, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Zurich Opera, the Boston and Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, and concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall and on tour in the USA.
MICHAEL HAEFLIGER
From early in his carreer, Michael Haefliger has been strongly associated with major European festivals. During the early 1980's, he appeared as a violinist at, among others, the Spoleto, Interlaken and Lucerne Festivals. In 1986, Haefliger founded the International Davos Music Festival's "Young Artists in Concert" series. As the Festival's Director from 1986-1988, he established ties with such composers as Arvo Pärt, György Kurtag, Sofia Gubaidulina, George Crumb and Aribert Reimann.
In 1989, Haefliger presented a lecture at the World Economic Forum entitled "Creativity in the arts as a source for creativity in everyday life". This was followed by several important ventures abroad, including the 1993 event "Swiss Music Days in St. Petersburg", which he organized together with his wife, pianist Irina Nikitina. From 1992 to 1994, Haefliger worked extensively in Japan, where he organized two tour projects with the Davos Festival Ensemble. During the 1995-96 season he worked on promoting European music festivals in the People's Republic of China. In 1998, Haefliger was appointed to the Board of Directors of the International Society of Performing Arts ISPA in New York City.
It was Switzerland where Michael Haefliger would make his strongest presence to date. Between 1996 and 1998, he served as Artistic Director of the Collegium Novum Zurich, where he administered several programming initiatives, with concert seasons to the works of Sofia Gubaidulina (1996-97), "New Music from the USA" (1997-98), and "Wien x 3" (1998).
With his appointment at the LUCERNE FESTIVAL, where he succeeds Matthias Bamert, Haefliger has maintained its distinguished reputation and has upheld its commitment to new music. He has instituted a provocative new programming agenda with a trilogy of Millenium-themed programs, beginning with the 1999 focus on "Myths" in music, followed by the year 2000 theme of "Metamorphoses", and finally, a celebration of the year 2001 titled "Creation du monde". In his first season, Haefliger has also developed an artist residency program ("Artiste étoile"), a "Weltruf" series focusing on world music, a "Children's Corner" series, and a contemporary music showcase titled "moderne.lucerne". As the festival's new Director, Haefliger also directs the annual Lucerne Easter Festival, along with the annual Lucerne Piano Festival.
In January 2000 Michael Haefliger was named "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum Davos.
Born in West Berlin in 1961, Haefliger is the son of the Swiss tenor Ernst Haefliger. He began his studies in violin and piano at the age of six. From 1978 to 1983 he attended The Juilliard School in New York where he studied violin with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy Delay, and received chamber music coaching from Felix Galimir and the Juilliard Quartett.
Michael Haefliger is married to the pianist Irina Nikitina and has one daughter.
GIDON KREMER
Of all the world's leading violinists, Gidon Kremer has perhaps had the most unconventional career. Born in Riga, Latvia, he began studying at the age of four with his father and grandfather, who were both distinguished string players. At the age of seven, he entered Riga Music School. At sixteen he was awarded the first prize of the Latvian Republic and two years later he began his studies with David Oistrakh at the Moscow Conservatory. He went on to win prestigious awards including the 1967 Queen Elizabeth Competition and the first prize in both Paganini and Tchaikovsky International Competitions.
This success launched Gidon Kremer's distinguished career, in the course of which he has established a world-wide reputation as one of the most original and compelling artists of his generation. He has appeared on virtually every major concert stage with the most celebrated orchestras and conductors of Europe and America.
Gidon Kremer's repertoire is unusually extensive, encompassing all of the standard classical and romantic violin works, as well as music by twentieth-century masters such as Henze, Berg and Stockhausen. He also championed the works of living Russian and Eastern European composers and has performed many important new compositions: several of them dedicated to ihm. He has become associated with such diverse composers as Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt, Giya Kancheli, Sofia Gubaidulina, Valentin Silvestrov, Luigi Nono, Aribert Reimann, Peteris Vasks, John Adams and Astor Piazzolla.
An exceptionally prolific recording artist, Gidon Kremer, has made more than 100 albums, many of which brought him prestigious international awards and prizes in recognition of his exceptional interpretative powers.
In 1981 Mr Kremer founded Lockenhaus, an intimate chamber music festival that takes place every summer in Austria. For two years in 1997 - 1998, Mr Kremer took over artistic leadership of the Gstaad Festival from its founder, Sir Yehudi Menuhin. In 1997, he also founded the Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra to foster outstanding young musicians from the three Baltic States. Since then, Mr Kremer has been touring extensively with the orchestra appearing at the world's most prestigious festivals and concert halls.
Gidon Kremer plays a Guanerius del Gesù "ex-David", dated from 1730. He is also the author of three books, published in German, which reflect his artistic pursuits.
EMMANUEL PAHUD
"Pahud is one of the finds of the decade, a player who respects the pure tonal palette of the flute." Gramophone
Named "Instrumentalist of the Year 1997" at the prestigious Victoires de la Musique award ceremony in Paris, the Swiss-French flutist Emmanuel Pahud is one of today's most exciting and adventurous musicians. He was born in Geneva in January 1970 and started to study music at the age of six. He graduated in 1990 with the Premier Prix from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, after which he continued his studies with Aurele Nicolet.
He has won first prize in many major competitions and he won eight out of the twelve prizes at the International Music Competitions of Geneva in 1992, Kobe in 1989 and Duino 1988. He took the Soloists Prize in the French-speaking Community Radio Awards in Switzerland, and the European Council's Juventus Prize. H is also a laureate of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation and of the International Tribune for Musicians of UNESCO.
At the age of 22, Emmanuel Pahud was appointed Principal Flute of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Claudio Abbado.
Emmanuel appears regularly at leading festivals throughout Europe, the USA and the Far East. Highlights among his future concerto engagements include: the Salzberg Mozarteum, the Washington National Symphony (Perlmann), the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, extensive tours of Australia and Europe with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, a US tour with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie (harding), tours of Japan with the Budapest Festival Orchestra (Fischer) and the Berliner Barok Solisten, and a tour of Europe with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Emmanuel Pahud's discography earned him several awards, including several Diapasons d'Or, Radio France's "Recording of the Year 1997", several Fono Forum awards in Germany and the "Geijutsu" award from the Japanese record industry. In 1996 he signed an exclusive solo recording contract with EMI.
MARTIJN SANDERS
Born in Schiedam, The Netherlands, Martijn Sanders was the Managing Director of Jogchem's Theaters B.V. before becoming Managing Director of the world famous Het Concertgebouw N.V. in Amsterdam in 1982. In addition to his work at the Concertgebouw, Martin Sanders is Chairman of AVRO, the Dutch public radio and television network.
Martin Sanders has been on the boards of many of the major arts organisations such as the Dutch Film Museum, the Dutch Royal Academy of Visual Arts, the Foundation Prix de Rome, Foundation International Art Film and many more. He is currently member of the boards of Jogchem's Theater B.V., Foundation Het Willem Mengelberg Archief, Rembrandt Society, and Amsterdam ArenA. He is the Secretary to the Foundation Elisabeth Everts Fund and Chairman of the Foundation Bernard Haitink Scholarship and the World Wide Video Festival.
In 1996 Martijn Sanders received the Knight in the Order of Oranje Nassau and in 2002 he received an honorary doctorate at the University of Nyenrode.
BARRY TUCKWELL
Barry Tuckwell's distinguished career in music spans more than fifty years, and during this time he has performed throughout the world as a soloist, chamber musician and conductor. Born in Austrlia, he played with the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony orchestras for four years before leaving at age 19, for England.
After playing with the Hallé, Scottish National and Bournemouth symphony orchestras, Mr Tuckwell was appointed as Principal Horn with the London Symphony Orchestra. During his 13 year with the orchestra he was elected to the Board of Directors, and was Chairman of the Board for the last six years.
He resigned from the orchestra in 1968 to pursue a career as horn soloist and conductor, and in January 1997 gave his farewell concerts as a horn soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Barry Tuckwell was Chief Conductor of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra for four years, and the founding Music Director of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra for sixteen years. He continues to have an active career throughout the world, guest conducting, teaching, as well as giving lectures and masterclasses. He currently holds the position of Distinguished Visiting Faculty at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore and has been on the faculty of the Tanglewood Music Institute for five years.