Stéphane Denève
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Stéphane Denève (born 1971, Tourcoing, France[1]) is a French conductor. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire. His early work as a conducting assistant included assignments with Sir Georg Solti for Bluebeard’s Castle with the Orchestre de Paris in 1995 and for Don Giovanni at the Paris National Opera in 1996. He was also assistant to Georges Prêtre for Turandot at the Paris National Opera in 1997, and to Seiji Ozawa for Dialogues des Carmélites at the Saito Kinen Festival in 1998.
Denève made his USA conducting debut at Santa Fe Opera in 1999 with Dialogues des Carmelites[2]. In addition, he has made guest-conducting appearances with other American orchestras, such as the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra[3], Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra[4], Seattle Symphony Orchestra[5] [6] and the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, DC)[7].
In 2004, Denève was named Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO)[8]. In September 2005, he officially assumed the post, his first music directorship[9]. During his first season, he brought the RSNO to France for the first time[10]. He has also conducted the RNSO at the 2006 Proms concerts in London[11].
[edit] References
- ^ Tim Cornwell, "Swing time for Stéphane". The Scotsman, 1 October 2005.
- ^ Anthony Tommasini, "Music Review: A Striking New Design For Poulenc's Nuns". New York Times, 7 August 1999.
- ^ Sarah Bryan Miller, "Deneve leads Symphony to one of most successful concerts in seasons". St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 19 September 2003 (article reproduced at IMG Artists' site).
- ^ Janelle Gelfand, "CSO's Russian-Gallic night filled with pleasant surprise". Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 December 2003.
- ^ Melinda Bargreen, "Guest conductor Dèneve, pianist Feltsman splendid". Seattle Times, 19 March 2005.
- ^ R.M. Campbell, "Seattle gets a first look at masterful symphony guest conductor". Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 19 March 2005.
- ^ Tim Page, "Deneve & the NSO: A Pairing With Promise". Washington Post, 4 November 2005..
- ^ Charlotte Higgins, "Scottish orchestra gets new music director". The Guardian, 17 August 2004.
- ^ Sarah Jones, "Keeping the faith". Scotland on Sunday, 20 November 2005.
- ^ Sarah Jones, "Avant garde alliance". Scotland on Sunday, 19 February 2006.
- ^ Martin Hoyle, "BBC Proms: Royal Scottish National Orchestra", concert review. The Herald, 7 August 2006.
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| Preceded by Alexander Lazarev |
Music Director, Royal Scottish National Orchestra 2005– |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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