Günter Neuhold

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Günter Neuhold (born November 2, 1947 in Graz) is an Austrian conductor. He attended the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz and graduated in 1968 with a master's degree. He later studied conducting with Franco Ferrara in Rome and with Hans Swarowsky in Vienna.

At the Dortmund, Neuhold served as first conductor. His prizes at various music competitions have included:

Florence, 1st prize, 1976
San Remo ("Marinuzzi"), 1st prize, 1976
Vienna ("Swarowsky"), 2nd prize, 1977
Salzburg ("Böhm"), 1st prize, 1977
Milan ("Cantelli") 3rd prize, 1977

From 1981 to 1986, Neuhold was music director of the Teatro Regio di Parma. He has also served as chief conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica "Arturo Toscanini" From 1986 to 1990, Neuhold was chief conductor and music director of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. He was general music director of the Badische Staatskapelle from 1989 to 1995. From 1995 to 2002, he was chief conductor of the Bremer Philharmoniker (Bremen Philharmonic) and music director at the Bremen opera. Since 2008 he has been chief conductor and artistic director of the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa (BOS; Bilbao Symphony Orchestra). In April 2010, the orchestra announced the extension of Neuhold's contract with the BOS for another 3 years.^[1]

Neuhold has led commercial recordings for such labels as Naxos Records, Brilliant Classics and Bella Musica. These recorded works include: the second of only two recordings of the original 1904 version of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Bach's St Matthew Passion and a live recording of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.

Honours

1999: Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria ^[2]
2007: Berufstitel Professor 2007: title of Professor

Discography

JS Bach: St. Matthew Passion
B. Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Concerto for Orchestra,
A. Berg: 3 Orchestral Pieces, Opus 6
H. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
J. Brahms: Brahms: Symphony 1
A. Bruckner: Symphony 4
C. Franck: Symphony in D minor
Z. Kodály: Hary Janos Suite, Dances of Galanta
F. Liszt-F. Schreker: Concerto for Jazz Band etc.
G. Mahler: Mahler: Symphony No. 1, 2, 3, 5
H. Marschner: Der Vampyr
G. Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1904)
W. Rihm: Portrait Concert
A. Schnittke: Piano Concerto
F. Schreker: Chamber Symphony
E. Schulhoff: Piano Concerto
Josef Strauss, Johann Strauss: "Strauss Dynasty"
I. Strawinsky: Le sacre du printemps
PI Tschaikowsky: Symphony No 5
G. Verdi: Messa da Requiem
R. Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Wolf-Ferrari: La Vita Nuova

References

↑ M. Redondo (2010-04-24). "Gunter Neuhold renueva tres años como director de la Sinfónica de Bilbao". Deia. Retrieved 2010-12-24.
↑ "Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour" (pdf) (in German). p. 1266. Retrieved November 2012.

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Cultural offices
Preceded by Emil Tchkarov	Chief Conductor, deFilharmonie 1986–1991	Succeeded by Muhai Tang
Preceded by José Maria Collado	Chief Conductor, Badische Staatskapelle 1989–1995	Succeeded by Kazushi Ono
Preceded by Marcello Viotti	Chief Conductor, Bremer Philharmoniker 1995–2002	Succeeded by Lawrence Renes

Persondata
Name	Neuhold, Gunter
Alternative names
Short description	Austrian conductor
Date of birth	1947-11-02
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