Hooman Khalatbari
| Hooman Khalatbari | |
|---|---|
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| Background information | |
| Born |
17 April 1969[1][2] Tehran, Iran |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Artistic director, choir and orchestra conductor, pianist |
| Instruments | Piano |
Hooman Khalatbari (Persian: هومن خلعتبری) is an Iranian-Austrian pianist and music conductor.[3]
Hooman Khalatbari started playing piano from age 6 and earned his B.Mus. from Tehran University of Arts in 1996. Between 1988 and 1996, he was the principal pianist of Tehran Symphony Orchestra and Bahman Cultural Centre and assistant conductor of Tehran Symphony Choir and Tehran Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. Khalatbari moved to Austria in 1997 and entered Kunstuniversität Graz to study choral/orchestral conducting and graduate with honors in 2006.[3][4]
Career
Founder, artistic director and leader
He was the assistant conductor and later the principal conductor of the Junger Kuenstler opera festival in Graz between 1999 to 2001. Since 2001, he is the founder and artistic director of the Kirchstetten Castle International Music Festival in northern Austria.[5][6]
He has conducted the following operas:
- 2001 – Le Nozze di Figaro – Mozart
- 2002 – Die Zauberflöte – Mozart
- 2003 – Don Giovanni – Mozart
- 2004 – Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Rossini
- 2005 – Tosca – Puccini
- 2006 – Così fan tutte – Mozart
- 2007 – Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Mozart
- 2008 – La Cenerentola – Rossini
- 2009 – La Traviata – Verdi
- 2010 – Der Schauspieldirektor – Mozart and Prima la musica e poi le parole – Salieri + Classic unter Stars I (The Most Famous Opera choirs I)
- 2011 – Die Fledermaus – Johann Strauss + KUS II (The Most Famous Opera Choirs II)
- 2012 – Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart + KUS III (Beethoven's Symphony No. 9)
- 2013 – Rigoletto, Verdi + KUS IV (Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition)
- 2014 – Don Giovanni – Mozart [7]+ KUS V (George Bizet: Carmen / A Spanish Night)[8][9]
Conducting Iranian orchestral music
Khalatbari's conducting repertoire spans a wide spectrum of musical traditions, ranging from classical opera and symphonic, to atonal and contemporary music. Conducting the Simorq musical project, the world premiere of Hamid Motebassem with Homayoun Shajarian's vocal, is one of the brightest points in this range.[4][10][11]
References
- ↑ "Hooman Khalatbari". Simorq orchestra.
- ↑ "مروری بر اجرای "سیمرغ" در هلند؛ جوانان میآیند" [Review of the performance of "Phoenix" in the Netherlands] (in Farsi). 6 October 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/2011/10/111006_l41_music_simorgh_concert_review.shtml
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.simorq.org/Conductor.29.0.html
- ↑ http://www.manoto1.com/videos/hoomankhalatbari/vid2809?showcode=show105
- ↑ http://www.momus.hu/article.php?artid=6607
- ↑ http://www.meinbezirk.at/mistelbach/leute/frauenheld-don-giovanni-im-schloss-kirchstetten-d1037740.html
- ↑ http://www.wein4tel.tv/index.php?s=videos&id=121
- ↑ http://www.noen.at/lokales/noe-uebersicht/mistelbach/kultur/Trauma-Tragoedie-Tod%3bart2556%2c476973
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/2011/11/111110_l06_simorgh_am_ptv.shtml
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/tvandradio/2012/01/120106_maks_simurgh.shtml