Yakov Kreizberg

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Yakov Kreizberg (Russian: Яков Крейцберг; born 1959, Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian-born American conductor. Kreizberg studied with Ilya Musin, and later at Tanglewood and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute.

Kreizberg was General Music Director of the Komische Oper Berlin from 1994 to 2001. He has guest-conducted opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, and English National Opera (all inside of the UK). He has also conducted productions at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Bregenz Festival and Canadian Opera. In parallel with his Berlin post, he was principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 1995 to 2000.

Since 2003, Kreizberg is Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He records regularly for Pentatone Classics, including recording projects with the Netherlands Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras, Vienna Symphony and the Russian National Orchestra. His first disc with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Bruckner Symphony No.7) was nominated in two categories at this year’s Grammy Awards. He has made several concerto recordings with Julia Fischer.

In October 2007, Kreizberg was named the next principal conductor of the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, effective September 2009, for an initial contract of 5 years.^[1]

Kreizberg's brother is the conductor Semyon Bychkov. He is married to the conductor Amy Andersson.

[edit] Recordings

• 2004: Sergei Prokofiev, Alexander Glazunov, Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concertos, Julia Fischer and the Russian National Orchestra, SACD Surround Sound Recording, PentaTone Classics
• 2005: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Concertos KV 216, 218, Julia Fischer and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, SACD Surround Sound Recording, PentaTone Classics
• 2005: Anton Bruckner: Sym. No. 7, Yakov Kreizberg & Vienna Symphony Orchestra, PentaTone Classics
• 2005: Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Yakov Kreizberg & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam, PentaTone Classics
• Johann Strauss: Waltzes, Yakov Kreizberg & Vienna Symphony Orchestra, PentaTone Classics
• Richard Wagner: Preludes & Overtures, Yakov Kreizberg & Vienna Symphony Orchestra, PentaTone Classics
• Tour de France Musicale, Yakov Kreizberg & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam, PentaTone Classics
• Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 in C / Orchestral Music from Notre Dame, Yakov Kreizberg & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam, PentaTone Classics

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Yakov Kreizberg homepage
• Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra homepage
• PentaTone's homepage
• Yakov Kreizberg interview by Bruce Duffie]

Preceded by Rolf Reuter	Generalmusikdirektor, Komische Oper Berlin 1994-2001	Succeeded by Kirill Petrenko
Preceded by Andrew Litton	Principal Conductor, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 1995-2000	Succeeded by Marin Alsop
Preceded by Harmut Haenchen	Chief Conductor, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra 2003-present	Succeeded by incumbent