Ingo Metzmacher

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Ingo Metzmacher (born 10 November 1957 in Hanover) is a German conductor. His father, Rudolf Metzmacher, was a cellist. His musical education was in Hanover, Salzburg and Cologne, in piano, music theory and conducting. He joined the Ensemble Modern in 1981 as its pianist. He became its conductor in 1985.

His first conducting engagement was in 1987, with Le Nozze di Figaro. In 1997, he conducted the world premiere of Hans Werner Henze's Symphony No. 9, at the composer's request.^[1] From 1997 to 2005, he served as General Music Director of City of Hamburg, which covered the Hamburg State Opera and its Philharmonic Orchestra. He left his post in Hamburg after disputes with the city over funding.^[2]

In 2005, he became Chief Conductor of De Nederlandse Opera. In February 2007, De Nederlandse Opera announced that Metzmacher would step down from his post as DNO's Chief Conductor in 2008. In 2007, he is scheduled to assume the post of Principal Conductor of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

Metzmacher has made several recordings for EMI Classics, such as of the following works:

Alban Berg: Wozzeck
Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (Ian Bostridge, tenor; Marie Luise Neunecker, horn)
the complete symphonies of Karl Amadeus Hartmann^[3]
Hans Werner Henze: Symphony No. 9
Luigi Nono: Prometeo
Richard Strauss: Horn Concertos (Marie Luise Neunecker, soloist)

Other recordings for other labels include these:

Hans Werner Henze: Requiem (Sony Classical)
John Cage: Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of 3 (RCA)

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Preceded by Gerd Albrecht	Music Director, Hamburg State Opera 1997–2005	Succeeded by Simone Young
Preceded by Edo de Waart	Chief Conductor, De Nederlandse Opera 2005–2008	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Kent Nagano	Chief Conductor (Designate), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin 2007–	Succeeded by none