Riccardo Muti (Conductor)

Born: July 28, 1941 - Naples, Italy

The esteemed Italian conductor, Riccardo Muti, was born in Naples, where his father was a doctor and an amateur singer; his mother was a professional singer. He studied piano in Naples at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella under Vincenzo Vitale. He was subsequently awarded a diploma in Composition and Conducting by the Conservatory "Giuseppe Verdi," Milan, where he studied with the composer Bruno Bettinelli and the conductor Antonino Votto. He has also studied composition with Nino Rota, whom he considers a mentor. He was unanimously awarded first place by the jury of the "Guido Cantelli" competition for conductors in Milan in 1967. From 1968 to 1980, Muti served as principal director and music director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

Since 1971, Riccardo Muti has been a frequent conductor of operas and concerts at the Salzburg Festival, where he is particularly known for his Mozart opera performances. From 1972, he regularly conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. In 1974, he was appointed the orchestra's principal conductor to succeed Otto Klemperer. In 1987, he was appointed principal conductor of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, with which in 1988 he received the Viotti d'Oro and with which he went on tour in Italy and in Europe. In 1991, he announced his resignation from the Philadelphia Orchestra at the end of the 1991-1992 season. He has been a regular guest of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Wiener Philharmoniker. In 1996, he conducted the latter at the closing of the Viennese Festival Week in a tour of the Far East to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Germany, and the Vienna New Year's Concert in 1993, 1997, 2000 and 2004.

Apart from La Scala, Ricardo Muti has conducted operatic performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as productions in Munich, at the Vienna State Opera (starting with Aida in 1973, followed by La forza del destino in 1974, Rigoletto in 1983, Così fan tutte in 1994, Don Giovanni in 1999, Le nozze di Figaro in 2001), in London, and at the Ravenna Festival. Muti is a regular guest conductor at the Vienna State Opera where he continues to conduct Mozart operas such as Le nozze di Figaro and Così fan tutte. He is to return to this opera house in 2008 with Così fan tutte.

A special relationship connects Riccardo Muti with the Salzburg Festival, where the conductor debuted in 1971 with Donizetti's Don Pasquale. In the following years he has been constantly present at the festival, conducting both concerts with the Wiener Philharmoniker and opera productions, such as Così fan tutte in 1983 and Die Zauberflöte in 2005 and 2006. Muti also owns a residence close to Salzburg. From 2007 on, he is the principal conductor at Salzburg's Pentecost Festival. He conducts opera productions and concerts with his Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra.

In the USA, from 1980 to 1992, Riccardo Muti was music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, which he led on numerous international tours. In 1979, he was appointed its music director and, in 1992, conductor laureate. Muti stated that his approach was to remain faithful to the intent of the composer. This meant a change from applying the lush "Philadelphia Sound," created by his predecessors Eugene Ormandy and Leopold Stokowski, to all repertoire; however, many of his recordings with that orchestra largely seem to do away with its hallmark sound, even in the works of such composers as Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, and other high romantics. His sonic changes to the orchestra remain controversial. Some felt he turned it into a generic-sounding institution with a lean sound much favored by modern recording engineers. Others believe Muti uncovered the true intention of the works, which had been covered in a silky sheen by Muti's predecessor. Since his departure from Philadelphia, he has made very few guest conducting appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, most recently in 2005.

Riccardo Muti has been a regular and popular guest conductor with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra's musicians have been reported as being interested in Muti as their next music director, both towards the end of the tenures of Kurt Masur and Lorin Maazel, but Muti had stated that he had no wish to take on the position with the orchestra. On May 5, 2008, Muti was named the next music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, effective with the 2010-2011 season, with an initial contract of 5 years. Muti is scheduled to conduct a minimum of 10 weeks of Chicago Symphony Orchestra subscription concerts each season, in addition to domestic and international tours. He made his Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut at the Ravinia Festival in 1973.

In 2003, there were reports of artistic and programming conflicts at La Scala between musical director and principal conductor Riccardo Muti and general manager Carlo Fontana. Muti did not attend the press conference that announced the new 2003 season. The appointment in 2003 of Mauro Meli as La Scala's artistic director was intended to calm the conflict between Fontana and Muti. On February 24, 2005, the La Scala governors dismissed Fontana as general manager and named Meli as his successor. The musicians sided with Fontana against Muti at this point in the dispute, and on March 13, Muti stated that he would refuse to conduct the La Scala orchestra from that point on. On March 16, 2005, the orchestra and staff of La Scala voted overwhelmingly against Muti in a motion of no-confidence. Muti was forced to cancel a concert prior to the vote, and some other productions were disrupted at the theater because of continuing rifts with Fontana's supporters. On April 2, he resigned from La Scala, citing "hostility" from staff members.

With Philadelphia Orchestra, his extensive recordings include the first L.v. Beethoven Symphony Cycle made for compact disc, critically acclaimed recordings of the symphonies of J. Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, and Alexander Scriabin, as well as the less known works of composers such as Giacomo Puccini and Ferruccio Busoni.

Muti is considered one of the world's greatest conductors of the operas of Giuseppe Verdi. He also led a series of annual performances of opera in concerts including the works of Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, and Wagner. In 1992, Muti conducted performances of Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci with Luciano Pavarotti. A recording was also made of these performances. At La Scala, Muti was noted for exploring lesser-known works of the Classical- and early Romantic-era repertory such as Lodoiska by Luigi Cherubini and La Vestale by Gaspare Spontini.

Riccardo Muti was awarded a doctorate honoris causa by the Universitat de Barcelona on October 13, 2003.

Riccardo Muti is married to Cristina Mazzavillani, who is the founder and director of the Ravenna Festival. They have three children, two sons and a daughter.

Christian Thielemann

Since the 2012/2013 season Christian Thielemann has been Principal Conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden. Following engagements at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, in Gelsenkirchen, Karlsruhe, Hanover and Dusseldorf, in 1988 he moved to Nuremberg to occupy the post of Generalmusikdirektor. In 1997 he returned to his hometown of Berlin to direct the Deutsche Oper until 2004, when he became Music Director of the Munich Philharmonic, a post he held until 2011. In addition to his current position in Dresden, Thielemann has been Artistic Director of the Salzburg Easter Festival, where the Staatskapelle served as resident orchestra, from 2013-22. In September 2023, Christian Thielemann was appointed to succeed Daniel Barenboim as General Music Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden beginning in the 2024/25 season.

克里斯蒂安·蒂勒曼

自 2012/2013 乐季以来，克里斯蒂安·蒂勒曼 (Christian Thielemann) 一直担任德累斯顿国家管弦乐团的首席指挥。 在柏林德意志歌剧院、盖尔森基兴、卡尔斯鲁厄、汉诺威和杜塞尔多夫的演出之后，1988 年他搬到纽伦堡担任音乐总指挥。 1997 年，他回到家乡柏林，担任德意志歌剧院的指挥，直到 2004 年，他成为慕尼黑爱乐乐团的音乐总监，并一直担任该职位直至 2011 年。除了目前在德累斯顿的职位外，蒂勒曼还担任过慕尼黑爱乐乐团的艺术总监。 2013-22 年间，萨尔茨堡复活节音乐节由国家管弦乐团担任常驻乐团。 2023 年 9 月，克里斯蒂安·蒂勒曼 (Christian Thielemann) 被任命接替丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆 (Daniel Barenboim)，从 2024/25 乐季开始担任菩提树下国家歌剧院 (Staatsoper Unter den Linden) 的音乐总监。

Franz Leopold Maria Möst (born 16 August 1960), known professionally as Franz Welser-Möst, is an Austrian conductor. He is currently music director of the Cleveland Orchestra. 

Biography

Franz Leopold Maria Möst was born in Linz, Austria, and later studied under the composer Balduin Sulzer. As a youth in Linz, he studied the violin and had developed an interest in conducting. After suffering injuries in a car crash that led to nerve damage, he stopped his violin studies and shifted full-time to conducting studies.[1]

In 1985, Möst assumed the stage name Welser-Möst at the suggestion of his mentor, Baron Andreas von Bennigsen of Liechtenstein, in an homage to the city of Wels where he grew up.[2][3] In 1986, he was adopted by Bennigsen. In 1992, Welser-Möst married Bennigsen's former wife, Angelika.[4][5][6] His first major debuts were at the Salzburg Festival in 1985, followed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1986 and the Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur in 1988.

Between 1986 and 1991 Welser-Möst served as the principal conductor of the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Sweden, and in 1990 he became principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO).[7] His LPO tenure was controversial, with London critics giving him the nickname "Frankly Worse than Most".[4] He concluded his LPO tenure in 1996.

From 1995 to 2000, he was music director with the Zürich Opera House. He became general music director of the Zürich Opera in September 2005, with an original commitment to the Opera through 2011. However, he stood down from the Zürich post in July 2008, after having agreed to serve in the same capacity at the Vienna State Opera. Welser-Möst first conducted at the Vienna State Opera in 1987, as a substitute for Claudio Abbado in a production of Gioachino Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri. On 6 June 2007, the Austrian government announced the appointment of Welser-Möst as Generalmusikdirektor of the Vienna State Opera, effective September 2010, alongside Dominique Meyer as director (Staatsoperndirektor).[8][9] In September 2014, he announced his resignation from the Vienna State Opera, effective immediately.[10] Welser-Möst is an honorary member of the Wiener Singverein.[11] He conducted the Vienna New Year's Concert in 2011, 2013 and is scheduled for 2023.

Welser-Möst made his United States conducting debut with the St. Louis Symphony in 1989. He guest-conducted the Cleveland Orchestra for the first time in February 1993.[12] With the 2002–03 season, Welser-Möst became the seventh music director of the Cleveland Orchestra. His most recent contract extension is through the 2026–27 season.[13] During his tenure, Welser-Möst has led the orchestra's ongoing residency at the Musikverein in Vienna, which began with Welser-Möst's first European tour in 2003. In addition, under Welser-Möst, the orchestra initiated an annual residency at Miami's Carnival Center for the Performing Arts (later renamed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts) in 2007.[14][15]

Under Welser-Möst, the orchestra began presenting regularly staged operas in 2009, reviving a practice by his predecessor Christoph von Dohnányi. These concert opera presentations have included a three-year cycle of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte,[14] Richard Strauss's Salome (2011–2012), Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen (2013–2014 and 2017–2018), Strauss' Daphne (2014–2015) and Ariadne auf Naxos (2018–2019), Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin and Bluebeard's Castle in the 2015–16 season (a collaboration with the Joffrey Ballet), and Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande (2016–17).[14]

Welser-Möst published his autobiography, Als ich die Stille fand: Ein Plädoyer gegen den Lärm der Welt, in 2020; it was published in English in May 2021 under the title From Silence: Finding Calm in a Dissonant World.[16]

2023维也纳新年音乐会节目单（Play List）

Wer tanzt mit? Polka schnell, op. 251 / Eduard Strauß

“谁来跳舞？” 快速波尔卡 / 爱德华·施特劳斯

Heldengedichte. Walzer, op. 87 / Josef Strauss

“英雄主义诗歌” 圆舞曲 / 约瑟夫·施特劳斯

Zigeunerbaron-Quadrille, op. 422 / Johann Strauss Jr.

《吉普赛男爵》四对舞 / 小约翰·施特劳斯

In lauschiger Nacht. Walzer, op. 488 / Karl Michael Ziehrer

“安静的夜晚” 圆舞曲 / 卡尔·迈克尔·齐雷尔

Frisch heran! Polka schnell, op. 386 / Johann Strauss Jr.

“新鲜出炉” 快速波尔卡 / 小约翰·施特劳斯

Ouvertüre zur Operette „Isabella“ / Franz von Suppè

轻歌剧《伊莎贝拉》序曲 / 弗兰兹·冯·苏佩

Perlen der Liebe. Walzer, op. 39 / Josef Strauss

“爱之珍珠”圆舞曲 / 约瑟夫·施特劳斯

Angelica-Polka. Polka française, op. 123 / Josef Strauss

“安吉莉卡” 法兰西波尔卡 / 约瑟夫·施特劳斯

Auf und davon. Polka schnell, op. 73 / Eduard Strauß

“远走高飞” 快速波尔卡 / 爱德华·施特劳斯

Heiterer Muth. Polka française, op. 281 / Josef Strauss

“快乐的勇气” 法兰西波尔卡 / 约瑟夫·施特劳斯

For ever. Polka schnell, op. 193 / Josef Strauss

“永远” 速波尔卡 / 约瑟夫·施特劳斯

Zeisserln. Walzer, op. 114 / Josef Strauss

“蔡瑟尔恩”圆舞曲 / 约瑟夫·施特劳斯

Glocken-Polka mit Galopp aus dem Ballett Excelsior / Josef Hellmesberger (Sohn)

“钟声”波尔卡 (选自芭蕾舞剧Excelsior) / 小约瑟夫·赫尔梅斯伯格

Allegro fantastique. Orchesterfantasie, Anh. 26b / Josef Strauss

极致的快板/管弦乐队幻想 / 约瑟夫·施特劳斯

Aquarellen. Walzer, op. 258 / Josef Strauss

“水彩画” 圆舞曲 / 约瑟夫·施特劳斯

加演曲 Encores

An der schönen, blauen Donau, Walzer, op. 314 - Johann Strauss Jr.

“蓝色多瑙河” 圆舞曲 / 小约翰·斯特劳斯

Radetzky marsch, op. 228 - Johann Strauss Vater

拉德茨基进行曲 / 老约翰·斯特劳斯

2022年维也纳爱乐乐团新年音乐会由著名指挥家丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆执棒。这是现年79岁的巴伦博伊姆继2009年和2014年之后第三次指挥维也纳新年音乐会。

　　今年维也纳新年音乐会的曲目依然以施特劳斯家族成员的作品为主，其中6首曲目首次在新年音乐会上演出。

　　1939年12月31日，维也纳金色大厅首次举办新年音乐会，从1941年起改在每年1月1日上午举行。奥地利广播公司从1959年开始对音乐会进行电视实况转播，今年的转播范围超过90个国家和地区，并通过互联网向全球直播。

今年的维也纳新年音乐会将由阿根廷指挥家 丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆执棒，这是他继2009年、2014年之后， 第三次执棒维也纳新年音乐会。2022年对巴伦博伊姆来说是一个特别的年份，他即将年满80岁。

指挥家丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆

巴伦博伊姆于1956年作为钢琴家在维也纳爱乐乐团首次亮相，成为指挥家后他更是多次与乐团合作。2020年6月由于疫情关闭的维也纳金色大厅重新开放时，正是巴伦博伊姆站在了指挥台上。

2022年维也纳新年音乐会完整曲目单如下：

2022年维也纳新年音乐会

完整曲目单

2022年1月1日

11:15

（维也纳时间）

奥地利维也纳金色大厅

维也纳爱乐乐团

指挥：丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆

[上半场]

1.《凤凰进行曲》*

约瑟夫·施特劳斯

2.《凤凰展翅圆舞曲》

小约翰·施特劳斯

3.《警笛波尔卡》*

约瑟夫·施特劳斯

4.《小广告商加洛普》

小约瑟夫·赫尔梅斯伯格

5.《晨报圆舞曲》

小约翰·施特劳斯

6.《编年简史快速波尔卡》*

爱德华·施特劳斯

[下半场]

7. 《蝙蝠序曲》

小约翰·施特劳斯

8.《香槟波尔卡》

小约翰·施特劳斯

9.《夜晚狂欢者圆舞曲》*

卡尔·米夏埃尔·齐雷尔

10.《波斯进行曲》

小约翰·施特劳斯

11.《一千零一夜圆舞曲》

小约翰·施特劳斯

12.《向布拉格致意法兰西波尔卡》

爱德华·施特劳斯

13.《小精灵之舞》*

小约瑟夫·赫尔梅斯伯格

14.《丛林中的仙女波尔卡》*

约瑟夫·施特劳斯

15.《天体乐声圆舞曲》

约瑟夫·施特劳斯

[加演曲目]

16. 《在猎场上波尔卡》

小约翰·施特劳斯

17.《蓝色多瑙河圆舞曲》

小约翰·施特劳斯

18.《拉德斯基进行曲》

约翰·施特劳斯

(带*号的为第一次在新年音乐会演奏的曲目)