 Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Gianandrea Noseda took up his appointment as Principal Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic in September 2002. The relationship has thrived, and last season he renewed his contract to run up to 2010, at the same time taking the title Chief Conductor. His successes with the Orchestra include their compelling Beethoven Symphony Cycle at The Bridgewater Hall in 2005, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and made available for free download from the BBC Radio 3 website. The acclaimed initiative was taken up by 1.4 million people, and won the Orchestra an ITV South Bank Show Award.
Through his association with the BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea is an exclusive artist of Chandos Records. He has released 16 recordings, which include his ongoing exploration of Liszt’s orchestral music, as well as discs of Dallapiccola, Dvorák, Karlowicz, Mahler, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Respighi, Shostakovich and Smetana. All have been favourably reviewed worldwide.
Gianandrea and the BBC Philharmonic are regularly invited to perform in the major European cities; their 2006/07 season opened with a trip to the Prague Autumn Festival, followed by Vienna in the spring. In March last year they visited Korea and Japan, having been reinvited immediately following their performances there to packed houses in 2005. Opera is one of Gianandrea’s great musical passions and it is a genre he has explored to stunning effect with the BBC Philharmonic. An unforgettable performance of Tchaikovsky’sThe Queen of Spades in May 2004 set high standards, and last season his interpretation of Strauss’s Salome attracted rave reviews.
In 1997 Gianandrea became the first foreign Principal Guest Conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre, whose forces he has conducted both in St Petersburg and on tour. In 2002 he made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York (returning in 2006 and 2007). In September last year he became Music Director at Teatro Regio in Turin, one of Europe’s leading opera houses, and he has also appeared with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, and La Scala, Milan. Gianandrea is Principal Conductor of the Orquesta de Cadaqués in Spain and Artistic Director of the Stresa Festival on the shores of Lake Maggiore, near his home in northern Italy.
In 2004 he conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Festival, and he has since appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony and Montreal Symphony orchestras. Gianandrea made his debut with the Israel Philharmonic last year and has been invited to return for two further engagements. He made his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra in May last year. In 2010 he will appear for the first time with the Chicago Symphony and with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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