Jonathan Stockhammer
In just a few years, Jonathan Stockhammer succeeded in making a name for himself in the world of opera, the classical symphony, and contemporary music. Today his conducting talents are in demand all over the world. He has worked with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared at the Salzburg Festival, Donaueschingen Music Days, and Wien Modern.
He will begin the 2011/12 season with the Dresden Philharmonic for his Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival debut. In addition to further debuts with the China National Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, he has been invited back to the WDR Radio Symphony, Radio Kamer Filharmonie, RSO Stuttgart, RSO Stuttgart, and Ensemble Modern at both Musica Strasbourg and the European Center for the Arts Dresden-Hellerau. Soloists he will work with this season include Carolin Widmann, Patricia Kopatchinskaya and Martin Grubinger.
Opera is central to Jonathan Stockhammer's work. The operas he has conducted, including Die Dreigroschenoper, Zemlinsky‘s Eine florentinische Tragödie, Sciarrino‘s Luci mie traditrici and Monkey: Journey to the West by Damon Albarn, identify him as a conductor who welcomes and masters the difficulties presented by complex scores and special, cross-categorical productions. He has been a regular guest at the Opéra de Lyon since first appearing there in 1998, where he has since conducted the successful French premiere of Dusapin's Faustus, the Last Night. In the 2010/11 season he gave his successful debut with the Radio Kamer Filharmonie in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with Faustus. After premiering Wolfgang Rihm's Proserpina in May 2009 with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, he returned to conduct the ensemble at Strasburg's Festival Musica in September 2009 with another work by the notable composer, Deus Passus. In 2010, he conducted the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music at the Théâtre du Châtelet Paris. In autumn 2011, he will direct the Swiss premiere of Zwicker's Der Tod und das Mädchen at the Theater St. Gallen.
Aside from conducting classical and romantic masterpieces, and classical contemporary works, Jonathan Stockhammer enjoys delving into music that blurs the boundaries between classical, rock, pop, and hip-hop. His CD Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions with Ensemble Modern, featuring works by Frank Zappa, was released in 2003 on RCA and won an Echo Klassik Award. He also recorded a new soundtrack to Sergei Eisensteins's 1925 film The Battleship Potemkin, composed and performed by the Pet Shop Boys. The live recording of The New Crystal Silence that he conducted with Chick Corea, Gary Burton and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra won a Grammy in 2009. His collaboration with spoken word artist Saul Williams on Said the Shotgun to the Head, featuring music composed by Thomas Kessler, has also been especially successful. To date, he has conducted the work with the WDR and SWR Symphony Orchestras and the Oslo Philharmonic. In March 2012, he will conduct Heiner Goebbels' Surrogate Cities at the South Bank Centre in London.
Jonathan Stockhammer first studied Chinese and political science before moving on to studies in composition and conducting in his hometown of Los Angeles. During his studies, he filled in for a series of concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, after which he was asked to become chief conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen's assistant. After completing his studies, Jonathan Stockhammer moved to Germany where he formed close relationships with well-known European ensembles like Ensemble Modern, musikFabrik and Ensemble Resonanz.
He will begin the 2011/12 season with the Dresden Philharmonic for his Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival debut. In addition to further debuts with the China National Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, he has been invited back to the WDR Radio Symphony, Radio Kamer Filharmonie, RSO Stuttgart, RSO Stuttgart, and Ensemble Modern at both Musica Strasbourg and the European Center for the Arts Dresden-Hellerau. Soloists he will work with this season include Carolin Widmann, Patricia Kopatchinskaya and Martin Grubinger.
Opera is central to Jonathan Stockhammer's work. The operas he has conducted, including Die Dreigroschenoper, Zemlinsky‘s Eine florentinische Tragödie, Sciarrino‘s Luci mie traditrici and Monkey: Journey to the West by Damon Albarn, identify him as a conductor who welcomes and masters the difficulties presented by complex scores and special, cross-categorical productions. He has been a regular guest at the Opéra de Lyon since first appearing there in 1998, where he has since conducted the successful French premiere of Dusapin's Faustus, the Last Night. In the 2010/11 season he gave his successful debut with the Radio Kamer Filharmonie in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with Faustus. After premiering Wolfgang Rihm's Proserpina in May 2009 with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, he returned to conduct the ensemble at Strasburg's Festival Musica in September 2009 with another work by the notable composer, Deus Passus. In 2010, he conducted the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in a production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music at the Théâtre du Châtelet Paris. In autumn 2011, he will direct the Swiss premiere of Zwicker's Der Tod und das Mädchen at the Theater St. Gallen.
Aside from conducting classical and romantic masterpieces, and classical contemporary works, Jonathan Stockhammer enjoys delving into music that blurs the boundaries between classical, rock, pop, and hip-hop. His CD Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions with Ensemble Modern, featuring works by Frank Zappa, was released in 2003 on RCA and won an Echo Klassik Award. He also recorded a new soundtrack to Sergei Eisensteins's 1925 film The Battleship Potemkin, composed and performed by the Pet Shop Boys. The live recording of The New Crystal Silence that he conducted with Chick Corea, Gary Burton and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra won a Grammy in 2009. His collaboration with spoken word artist Saul Williams on Said the Shotgun to the Head, featuring music composed by Thomas Kessler, has also been especially successful. To date, he has conducted the work with the WDR and SWR Symphony Orchestras and the Oslo Philharmonic. In March 2012, he will conduct Heiner Goebbels' Surrogate Cities at the South Bank Centre in London.
Jonathan Stockhammer first studied Chinese and political science before moving on to studies in composition and conducting in his hometown of Los Angeles. During his studies, he filled in for a series of concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, after which he was asked to become chief conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen's assistant. After completing his studies, Jonathan Stockhammer moved to Germany where he formed close relationships with well-known European ensembles like Ensemble Modern, musikFabrik and Ensemble Resonanz.
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