Kirill Karabits
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Kirill Karabits (born December 1976, Kiev) is a Ukraninian conductor. His father was the conductor and composer Ivan Karabyts. In Kiev, he studied at the Lysenko Music School and later at the National Tchaikovsky Music Academy. In 1995, he began studies at the Vienna Musikhochschule and earned a diploma in orchestral conducting after five years of study. He also attended the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart, where he was a pupil of Helmuth Rilling and Peter Gulke. He has done scholarly work on the musical archive of the Berliner Singakademie, such as transcribing the 1784 Johannes Passion of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, which prior was thought to be lost.
Karabits was assistant conductor of the Budapest Festival Orchestra from 1998 to 2000. He also served as associate conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France from 2002 to 2005.
In October 2006, Karabits made his first conducting appearance with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO), and returned in October 2007[1], where both concerts received acclaim.[2] In November 2007, the BSO announced the appointment of Karabits as their 13th principal conductor, after a unanimous vote from the orchestra musicians.[3] Karabits is scheduled to serve as the orchestra's Principal Conductor-Designate for the 2008-2009 season, and to become Principal Conductor full-time with the 2009-2010 season.[4] He is the first Ukranian conductor to be named principal conductor of a UK orchestra.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Geoffrey Norris. "Kirill Karabits: Triumphant blend of virile verve and fine focus", Telegraph, 19 October 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ Geoffrey Norris. "The young ones seize the baton", Telegraph, 26 November 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ James Inverne. "Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra names new chief conductor", Gramophone, 23 November 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (29 November 2007). "Karabits appointed new Principal Conductor". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ Kevin Shihoten. "Karabits to Succeed Alsop as Bournemouth Symphony Principal Conductor", Playbill Arts, 27 November 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
