Peter Rundel
The depth of his approach to complex scores of every style and epoch, coupled with a great dramaturgical creativity, has made Peter Rundel one of the most sought-after partners for leading European orchestras.
He is regularly invited to guest conduct the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, DSO and RSO Berlin, RSO Stuttgart, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, as well as the radio orchestras of Hamburg, SWR Baden-Baden, Frankfurt, Saarland, the ORF Vienna and the Orchestra Nazionale della RAI Torino.
Peter Rundel has conducted opera productions at the Bavarian State Opera, the Vienna Festwochen, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and at the Bregenz Festival, collaborating with such widely respected directors as Peter Konwitschny, Philippe Arlaud, Reinhild Hoffmann, Carlus Padrissa (La Fura dels Baus) and Joachim Schlömer. His work with opera includes traditional repertoire (he has conducted Die Zauberflöte at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and König Kandaules, Hansel and Gretel and The Marriage of Figaro at the Volksoper Vienna) as well as groundbreaking contemporary music theatre productions such as Donnerstag from LICHT by Stockhausen, Massacre by Wolfgang Mitterer and the premieres of Emmanuel Nunes' operas, Das Märchen and La Douce.
Born in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Peter Rundel studied violin with Igor Ozim and Ramy Shevelov in Cologne, Hannover, and New York, as well as conducting with Michael Gielen and Peter Eötvös. The composer Jack Brimberg was also one of his mentors in New York. From 1984 until 1996 he was a violinist in Ensemble Modern, to which he remains closely affiliated as a conductor. In the contemporary music world, he has enjoyed long associations with Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Resonanz, the Asko Ensemble and Klangforum Wien. He is also a regular guest with Ensemble Intercontemporain and musikFabrik.
Peter Rundel has been artistic director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders, as well as the founding artistic director of the Kammerakademie Potsdam. In 2005, he was appointed artistic director of the Remix Ensemble in Porto and has since enjoyed great success with the contemporary music ensemble at important festivals throughout Europe.
Peter Rundel has been awarded many prizes for his recordings of 20th century music, including the prestigious ‘Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik', with which he has been honoured several times (Luigi Nono Promoteo, EMI; Hanspeter Kyburz, Ensemble and Orchestral Works, Kairos; Steve Reich City Life, BMG), most recently for his CD recording of Beat Furrer's piano concerto with the WDR Symphony Orchestra and Nicolas Hodges. Furthermore, he has been awarded the ‘Grand Prix du Disque' (Jean Barraqué, Complete Works, jpc) and nominated for the Grammy Award (Heiner Goebbels Surrogate Cities, ECM). The CD Sprechgesänge with musikFabrik has recently been awarded an Echo Klassik.
In addition to his numerous orchestral engagements, including his debut with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, a main highlight of this season will be the performances of the Ring Saga with his Remix Ensemble. This reduced staging of Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen, produced by Antoine Gindt, will make stops in Porto, Strasbourg, Paris, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Nîmes, Caen, Luxemburg and Reims. At the end of the 2011/12 season, Peter Rundel will conduct Luca Francesconi‘s Quartett, based on the work of Heiner Müller. The opera will be staged by Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus) and performed at the Wiener Festwochen and the Holland Festival.
He is regularly invited to guest conduct the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, DSO and RSO Berlin, RSO Stuttgart, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, as well as the radio orchestras of Hamburg, SWR Baden-Baden, Frankfurt, Saarland, the ORF Vienna and the Orchestra Nazionale della RAI Torino.
Peter Rundel has conducted opera productions at the Bavarian State Opera, the Vienna Festwochen, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and at the Bregenz Festival, collaborating with such widely respected directors as Peter Konwitschny, Philippe Arlaud, Reinhild Hoffmann, Carlus Padrissa (La Fura dels Baus) and Joachim Schlömer. His work with opera includes traditional repertoire (he has conducted Die Zauberflöte at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and König Kandaules, Hansel and Gretel and The Marriage of Figaro at the Volksoper Vienna) as well as groundbreaking contemporary music theatre productions such as Donnerstag from LICHT by Stockhausen, Massacre by Wolfgang Mitterer and the premieres of Emmanuel Nunes' operas, Das Märchen and La Douce.
Born in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Peter Rundel studied violin with Igor Ozim and Ramy Shevelov in Cologne, Hannover, and New York, as well as conducting with Michael Gielen and Peter Eötvös. The composer Jack Brimberg was also one of his mentors in New York. From 1984 until 1996 he was a violinist in Ensemble Modern, to which he remains closely affiliated as a conductor. In the contemporary music world, he has enjoyed long associations with Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Resonanz, the Asko Ensemble and Klangforum Wien. He is also a regular guest with Ensemble Intercontemporain and musikFabrik.
Peter Rundel has been artistic director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders, as well as the founding artistic director of the Kammerakademie Potsdam. In 2005, he was appointed artistic director of the Remix Ensemble in Porto and has since enjoyed great success with the contemporary music ensemble at important festivals throughout Europe.
Peter Rundel has been awarded many prizes for his recordings of 20th century music, including the prestigious ‘Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik', with which he has been honoured several times (Luigi Nono Promoteo, EMI; Hanspeter Kyburz, Ensemble and Orchestral Works, Kairos; Steve Reich City Life, BMG), most recently for his CD recording of Beat Furrer's piano concerto with the WDR Symphony Orchestra and Nicolas Hodges. Furthermore, he has been awarded the ‘Grand Prix du Disque' (Jean Barraqué, Complete Works, jpc) and nominated for the Grammy Award (Heiner Goebbels Surrogate Cities, ECM). The CD Sprechgesänge with musikFabrik has recently been awarded an Echo Klassik.
In addition to his numerous orchestral engagements, including his debut with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, a main highlight of this season will be the performances of the Ring Saga with his Remix Ensemble. This reduced staging of Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen, produced by Antoine Gindt, will make stops in Porto, Strasbourg, Paris, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Nîmes, Caen, Luxemburg and Reims. At the end of the 2011/12 season, Peter Rundel will conduct Luca Francesconi‘s Quartett, based on the work of Heiner Müller. The opera will be staged by Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus) and performed at the Wiener Festwochen and the Holland Festival.
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