IngoMetzmacher
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About Ingo
Artistic Director: KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen
Ingo Metzmacher was General Music Director of the Staatsoper Hamburg (1997–2005), Chief Conductor at the Dutch National Opera (2005–07) and Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (2007–10). Since 2016 he has been the Artistic Director of the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen in Hanover.
The 2024/25 season brings Ingo's fifth tour with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and performances with the Gewandhausorchester, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE, Wiener Symphoniker, SWR Symphonieorchester, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra. He will lead the world premieres of Francesco Filidei’s Il nome della rosa at Teatro alla Scala and Georg Friedrich Haas’ …heraus in Luft und Licht… with Klangforum Wien, as well as concerts with the Czech Philharmonic and the Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra as part of the Dvořák Prague Festival. In May 2025, he will present the tenth and final edition of the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen under his artistic direction.
Highlights of recent seasons include new productions of Rihm’s Die Eroberung von Mexico, Enescu’s Œdipe, Nono’s Intolleranza 1960 and Verdi’s Falstaff at the Salzburger Festspiele, Strauss‘ Salome at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Enescus Œdipe and Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in Paris, Braunfels Die Vögel at the Bayerische Staatsoper and, most recently, Magnard's Guercœur at the Opéra national du Rhin. Ingo has conducted The Cleveland Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Oslo Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic and Ensemble Modern, among others.
At the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, Ingo has brought together the NDR Radiophilharmonie and numerous regional choirs to perform Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder, Berlioz' Requiem, Mahler's Symphony No.8 and Bernstein's Mass, and with the Ensemble Modern the world premiere of Mark Andre's rwh 1-4.
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European (except Italy) management with Askonas Holt
Opus 3 Artists (general management)
Partner Managers:
Resia Artists (Italy)
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Ingo Metzmacher conducts Zemlinsky's Die Seejungfrau with the WDR Sinfonieorchester
Credit: WDR Klassik
Ingo Metzmacher, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner and WDR Sinfonieorchester perform Schönerg's Erwartung, Op. 17
Credit: WDR Klassik
Ingo Metzamcher conducts Messiaen's Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà... with the SWR Symphonieorchster
Credit: SWR Classic
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Sample Programmes
Helsinki Philharmonic (Feb 2025)
Jean Sibelius: En saga, Op.9 Wolfgang Rihm: Sub-Kontur Wolfgang Rihm: Verwandlung Jean Sibelius: Tapiola, Op.112
Gewandhausorchester (Jan 2025)
Max Reger: 4 Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin, Op.128 Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op.129 Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester (Nov 2024)
Anton Bruckner: Mass No.1 in D minor, WAB 26 Arnold Schönberg: Die Jakobsleiter
Wiener Symphoniker (Oct 2024)
Luigi Nono: Composizione per orchestra No. 1 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor, WAB 10
Oslo Philharmonic (Mar 2024)
Richard Wagner: Parsifal Prelude to Act I Richard Wagner: Parsifal Good Friday Music Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E major, WAB 107
Mailand Scala Orchestra (Jan 2024)
Luigi Nono: Como una ola de fuerza y luz Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, Op.4
WDR Sinfonieorchster (Jan 2024)
Franz Schreker: Nachtstück from Der ferne Klang Arnold Schönberg: Erwartung for soprano and orchestra, Op.17 Alexander von Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra (Nov 2023)
Klas Torstensson: City Imprints Max Reger: Piano Concerto in F minor, Op.114
SWR Symphonieorchester (Jul 2023)
Olivier Messiaen: Éclairs sur l’Au-delà
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester (Apr 2023)
Anton Plate: Casino Max Reger: Piano Concerto in F minor, Op.114 John Adams: Harmonielehre
New Japan Philharmonic (Mar 2023)
Anton Webern: Passacaglia, Op.1 Alban Berg: Violin Concerto Arnold Schönberg: Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Nov 2022)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.2 in G major, Op.126 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.4 in E-flat major, WAB 104
Gewandhausorchester (Oct 2022)
Galina Ustwolskaja: Symphonic Poem No.2 for orchestra Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Gesangsszene for baritone and orchestra Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, Op.43