Jun Märkl
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Jun Märkl (born 11 February 1959, Munich) is a German conductor, the son of a German violinist father and a Japanese pianist mother. He studied piano and the violin as a youth. Beginning in 1978, at the Musikhochschule Hannover, he continued his piano and violin studies, and also began to study conducting. He later attended the University of Michigan, where his mentors included Gustav Meier. He was also a pupil of Sergiu Celibidache, and he later won a conducting stipend to Tanglewood, where he was under the tutelage of Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa.[1]
From 1991 to 1994, Märkl served as Music Director of the Saarländischen Staatstheaters (Saarland State Theatre) in Saarbrücken. From 1994 to 2000, he was Generalmusikdirector and director of opera at the Mannheim National Theatre. In the US, he made his Metropolitan Opera conducting debut in February 1999 with Il trovatore,[2] and returned in December 2000 with Turandot.[3]
In 2005, Märkl began his tenure as music director of the Orchestre National de Lyon. In September 2007, he became principal conductor of the MDR Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig.
[edit] References
- ^ John Rockwell. "Perle's 'Songs' At Tanglewood Festival", New York Times, 4 August 1987. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
- ^ Anthony Tommasini. "The Met Takes Up A Verdian Challenge", New York Times, 15 February 1999. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
- ^ Anthony Tommasini. "A Soprano Put to the Test Shifts in Tone and Intensity", New York Times, 14 December 2000. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
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| Preceded by David Robertson |
Music Director, Orchestre National de Lyon 2005-present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Fabio Luisi |
Chief Conductor, MDR Sinfonieorchester 2007-present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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