François-Xavier Roth
François-Xavier Roth (born 6 November 1971, Paris) is a French conductor. His father is the organist Daniel Roth. His brother Vincent Roth is a violist. Before turning to conducting, François was a flutist.[1] Roth graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, where his teachers included Alain Marion and János Fürst.
In 2000, Roth won the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, which led to his appointment as Assistant Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra for two years. He has also served as an assistant conductor to John Eliot Gardiner.[2] In 2003, he founded the chamber orchestra Les Siècles, which uses period instruments for each pieces the orchestra play. Les Siècles and Roth have toured outside France to Italy, Germany, England and Japan. Their commercial recordings include a CD of Bizet and Chabrier, which won a Diapason Découverte, as well as the Hans Zender arrangement of Schubert's Die Winterreise, as well as a self-produced CD on Les Siècles Live of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. The orchestra has also appeared on French television in a series entitled "Presto".
Roth began a three-year term as Associate Guest Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) in 2008 and in 2012 he conducted the children of Bridgend Youth Orchestra. As of the 2011-2012 season, he continues in that post with the BBC NOW. Roth was music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège (OPL) for the 2009-2010 season.[3] Roth first conducted the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR Sinfonieorchester) in March 2009. In April 2010, the SWR Sinfonieorchester announced the appointment of Roth as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2011-2012 season.[4]
References
- ↑ Alexander Dick (2010-05-04). "Warum der neue SWR-Chefdirigent François-Xavier Roth Freiburg liebt". Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
- ↑ Alexander Dick (2010-04-08). "Der künftige Chefdirigent beim SWR steht offenbar fest". Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
- ↑ "Le chef français Roth quitte l’Orchestre de Liège". Le Soir. 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
- ↑ "SWR Sinfonieorchester: Neuer Chefdirigent - François-Xavier Roth folgt Sylvain Cambreling" (Press release). SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
Discography
• Jean-Louis Agobet, dir. François-Xavier Roth, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Timpani Records (2005)
• Presto, dir. François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles, Mirare (2007)
• Bizet - Chabrier, dir. François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles, Mirare (2007) - Diapason Découverte
• Saint-Saëns - Chausson - Ysaÿe, dir. François-Xavier Roth, violon : Tedi Papavrami, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Aeon (2009)
• Thierry Pécou - La Symphonie du Jaguar, dir. François-Xavier Roth, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Harmonia Mundi (2009)
• Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, dir. François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles, « Les Siècles Live », Ed. Musicales Actes Sud, Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2010)
• Saint-Saëns - Concerto pour piano n°3 et Symphonie n'°3 avec orgue, dir. François-Xavier Roth - Jean-François heisser, piano - Daniel Roth, orgue - Les Siècles, « Les Siècles Live », Ed. Musicales Actes Sud, Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2010)
• Matalon - Trames 2, 4 et 8, dir. François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles, « Les Siècles Live », Ed. Musicales Actes Sud, Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2011)
• Stravinsky - "L'Oiseau de feu (ballet complet 1910)" Premier enregistrement sur instruments d'époque - Les Siècles, « Les Siècles Live », Ed. Musicales Actes Sud, Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2011) - Preis der deutschen Schallplatten kritik, Edison Klassiek Prize 2012, Gramophone Choice
• Mahler / Webern - Symphonie n°1 "Titan", Im Sommerwind - SWR Sinfonie Orchester Baden Baden & Freiburg, Ed; Haenssler Classic, 2012
• Dubois - "Concerto pour piano" et "Ouverture de Frithiof" - Les Siècles, « Les Siècles Live », Ed. Musicales Actes Sud, Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2012)
• Liszt - Dante Symphonie & Orpheus - Les Siècles, « Les Siècles Live », Ed. Musicales Actes Sud, Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2012)
• Richard Strauss - Ein Heldenleben / Tod und Verklärung, Ed; Haenssler Classic, 2013
• Debussy - La Mer & Première Suite d'Orchestre (world premiere) _ Les Siècles, « Les Siècles Live », Ed. Musicales Actes Sud, Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2013)
• Dukas - L'Apprenti Sorcier / Cantate Velleda / Polyeucte, Ed. Musicales Actes Sud, Distri. Harmonia Mundi (2013)
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| Preceded by (no predecessor) |
Artistic Director, Les Siècles 2003–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Pascal Rophé |
Music Director, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège 2009–2010 |
Succeeded by Christian Arming |
| Preceded by Sylvain Cambreling |
Chief Conductor, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg 2011–present |
Succeeded by (incumbent) |
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