Amir Hosseinpour

Amir Hosseinpour is an opera director and choreographer who has worked in major opera houses around the world. He is a collaborator with directors such as Pierre Audi, founder of the Almeida Theatre, Nigel Lowery, and choreographer Jonathan Lunn.[1] His production of Haydn's Orlando Paladino, co-directed with Nigel Lowery, continues to be broadcast on Sky Arts HD on a regular basis.[2] Some of his biggest productions have been recorded for international DVD release.[3] His choreography for Michael Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage at the Bavarian State Opera in February 1998 was described as 'stunning' by The Daily Telegraph critic, Rupert Christiansen, and it was also highly praised by Wolfgang Sandner in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.[4] Other outstanding reviews for Hosseinpour's work in the German-speaking newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) were for Les Paladins (Rameau) at Basel in December 2004, reviewed by Gerhard Koch, Petrushka at Munich reviewed by Jochen Schmidt in December 1999 and Orphée et Eurydice at the Bavarian State Opera in November 2003.

In April 2013, Hosseinpour created the choreography for the world premiere of The Lost by Philip Glass at Linz, Austria. The title in the original German is Spuren der Verirrten, and the production was described as 'a visual feast' in both The Guardian and the New York Times.[5][6]

Hosseinpour was born in Persia, before the Iranian Revolution of 1979, and now lives in London. The opera houses he has worked include Opera Garnier and Opera Bastille in Paris, Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Bayerisches Staatsoper in Munich, La Scalla in Milan, Denederlandse Opera in Amsterdam, Bregenz Festival, Opera North in Leeds, and London's Royal Opera House at Covent Garden.

Career

As director and choreographer

Choreography for TV

Personal life

Amir Hosseinpour was born in Teheran, Iran, in 1966 to Abdolreza Hosseinpour and his wife Guity. His maternal grandfather was Fuad Rouhani founder and first general secretary of OPEC. His grandfather also founded the Philarmonic Orchestra of Persia, bringing the music of Bach, Handel, Haydn and Purcell to Persia. It was under this grandfather's influence that Amir Hosseinpour pursued a career in opera and dance. Hosseinpour's aunt and uncle are Negui and Kamran Diba, the distinguished architect of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art and first cousin to Empress Farah Pahlavi, née Farah Diba. Amir Hosseinpour's paternal grandfather was Assadollah Hosseinpoor. After the 1979 Iranian revolution, the family fled to France and later Hosseinpour moved to London where he now lives. He speaks five languages and uses them often in his work in International opera. His sister Raana is a London-based contemporary art curator, and a brother Amir Reza is a paediatric heart surgeon in Seville.

References

  1. ↑ http://fazarchiv.faz.net/document/showSingleDoc/FAZ__FD1200412272594826?ZG_PORTAL=FAZ_A-Z#star
  2. ↑ http://skyarts.sky.com/haydn-orlando-paladino
  3. ↑ http://www.fandango.com/amirhosseinpour/overview/p606849
  4. ↑ "Mind-blowing night melts Bavarian hearts". The Telegraph. 28 February 1998. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Jahn, George (13 April 2013). "New Glass opera "The Lost" premieres in Austria". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "New Glass Opera 'The Lost' Premieres in Austria". The New York Times. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Haydn: Orlando Paladino". Sky Arts. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  8. ↑ Stevens, David (11 November 1998). "Paris Opera Revives the Unjustly Forgotten Zemlinsky : Charting a Lost Continent". The New York Times.
  9. ↑ "Orphée et Euridice". Bavarian State Opera. Retrieved 26 February 2013.

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